This question consists of a paragraph followed by four statements. You are required to read the paragraph carefully and select one statement that is best supported by the information given in the paragraph.

"Forest fires get intensify due to a decade-long accumulation of debris and spread from the tops of young trees to the branches of mature trees. This type of forest fires which jump from treetops to treetops can be devastating. On the contrary, in old-growth forests, the shade of the mature trees prevents sprouting in small trees, and the lower branches of mature trees are too high to catch fire."

This paragraph supports which of the following statements:-

Damage caused by forest fires is less in old-growth forests

By carefully reading the paragraph ,

we find out that this paragraph follows the following statement:-

Damage caused by forest fires is less in old-growth forests

Which is clear by these lines ,

On the contrary, in old-growth forests, the shade of the mature trees prevents sprouting in small trees, and the lower branches of mature trees are too high to catch fire."