Word Games & Puzzles - Lateral Thinking

9. The Burning Island
You are in the center of on an island that is a kilometer long and half a kilometer wide. The vegetation is very dry from a long drought. Suddenly it catches fire at one end of the island, and a strong wind is blowing it towards you, burning the whole width of the island. There's no beach, only steep cliffs, and the sea is full of sharks. What can you do?

Solution

Set fire to the other half of the island then walk behind the fire on to the burnt ground

 

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