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Posted inClimate Change

Fighting Fire with Fire

Jess AlvarengaPortrait of steven rascón by Brett Myers, Casey Miner, Jenny Casas, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Jess Alvarenga, Steven Rascón, Claire Mullen, Amy Mostafa, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson June 4, 2022August 30, 2022

As climate change continues making wildfires worse, how do we learn to live with fire?

A firefighter in shadow stands against a burning tree.
Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire

Fighting Fire With Fire

Portrait of steven rascón by Brett Myers, Casey Miner, Elizabeth Shogren, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Steven Rascón, Claire Mullen, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson and Lakshmi Varanasi September 4, 2021August 30, 2022

As climate change continues making wildfires worse, how do we learn to live with fire?

Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Sustainability

‘My world was burning’: The North Bay fires and what went wrong

by Marisa Lagos, Sukey Lewis and Lisa Pickoff-White March 8, 2018June 30, 2021

A five-month KQED investigation of what happened the first night of the fires found systemic problems with California’s emergency response procedures.

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Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Sustainability

Chasing smoke: How Reveal reported on wildfires

by Emmanuel Martinez October 17, 2016June 30, 2021

Three reporters spent a week on the road in a cramped SUV, bound for places that had been touched by devastating fires to see firsthand how firefighters and their communities battle blazes.

An illustration shows a neighborhood of homes with a raging fire in the background.
Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Sustainability

America’s ring of fire

by Julia B. Chan, Eric Sagara, Emmanuel Martinez, Ike Sriskandarajah and Cheryl Devall October 8, 2016July 1, 2021

Wildfires are getting bigger, more expensive to fight and closer than ever to where people live. The consequences can be deadly. The next episode of Reveal examines how wildfires got so dangerous – and how some areas are fighting back.

Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Sustainability

When spark meets sprawl: Building in wildlands increases fire risk

by Eric Sagara, Emmanuel Martinez and Ike Sriskandarajah October 8, 2016June 30, 2021

Wildfires, long considered a problem exclusive to the West, now threaten many other parts of the country as extreme weather becomes more commonplace and more people live in areas at risk for wildfire.

Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability

Climate change will mean the end of national parks as we know them

by Oliver Milman August 23, 2016June 30, 2021

After a century of helping visitors enjoy the wonders of the natural world, the guardians of America’s most treasured places have been handed an almost unimaginable new job – slowing the all-out assault climate change is waging against national parks across the nation.

Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Sustainability

Bad wiring at house sparked California’s deadly 2015 Valley Fire

by Eric Sagara August 11, 2016October 31, 2016

The lethal Valley Fire that destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and killed at least four people in 2015 was started by faulty wiring at a home outside the community of Cobb, California, an investigation found.

Posted inEnvironment

How Fire Feeds

by Eric Sagara, Scott Pham and Sinduja Rangarajan January 12, 2016June 30, 2021

Last summer, three fires ravaged Lake County, California. Use our new interactive tool to take a deeper look at where and how these blazes spread.

Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Climate Change, Environment

Rampant California wildfires can be blamed on last December’s rain

by Eric Sagara September 30, 2015June 30, 2021

At first, last December’s rains seemed like welcome relief for drought-stricken California. But while the moisture did little to hydrate trees and shrubs, it did lead to the widespread of growth of wild grasses, which dried out quickly and contributed to this year’s wildfire season.

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