As climate change continues making wildfires worse, how do we learn to live with fire?
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Fighting Fire With Fire
As climate change continues making wildfires worse, how do we learn to live with fire?
‘My world was burning’: The North Bay fires and what went wrong
A five-month KQED investigation of what happened the first night of the fires found systemic problems with California’s emergency response procedures.
Chasing smoke: How Reveal reported on wildfires
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.
America’s ring of fire
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.
When spark meets sprawl: Building in wildlands increases fire risk
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.
Climate change will mean the end of national parks as we know them
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.
Bad wiring at house sparked California’s deadly 2015 Valley Fire
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.
How Fire Feeds
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.
Rampant California wildfires can be blamed on last December’s rain
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.