If you've been on a summertime stroll in recent weeks, chances are you've seen a red flowering gum, Corymbia ficifolia.

The name "sugar gum" arises from its apparently sweet leaves, but benefit from my experience ... gums only as risky trees ...

Strips of bark that hang off the trunk and the branches can ignite and carry ... mostly through spotting," says Dr Cawson. Some gum tree leaves contain oil that can also ignite easily and burn ...