article_snippet.sent: Previous researcher has questioned the theory that a global firestorm accompanied the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.
article_snippet.sent: All of these ideas are based on models and aren't necessarily what happened. '
article_snippet.sent: Previous researcher has questioned the theory that a global firestorm accompanied the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.
article_snippet.sent: But the theory that a global firestorm accompanied the asteroid impact is not correct, according to the scientists .
article_snippet.sent: the scientists found that the intense but short-lived heat near the impact site could not have ignited live plants, challenging the idea that the asteroid impact 66 million years ago led to global firestorms.
article_snippet.sent: global firestorms have previously been considered a major contender in the puzzle to find out what caused the mass extinction of life on Earth 66 million years ago.
article_snippet.sent: But nearer the site such a scenario was unlikely, pouring water on the global firestorm theory.