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"I wear the same stuff firefighters wear. So yellow Nomex suit, helmet, goggles, boots, gloves, fire shelter. I drive a four-wheel drive vehicle. I bring a chainsaw. I bring everything that I need to be completely self-contained for up to three days at a time, sometimes longer," says Josh Edelson.

Firms that provide wildfire risk assessments and home hardening services say demand is rising as wildfires grow fiercer.

Western wildfires pose a much broader threat to human health than to just those forced to evacuate the path of the blazes. Smoke from these fires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country, an analysis of federal satellite imagery by NPR’s California Newsroom and Stanford University’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab found.

Smoke from wildfires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country.

Scientists predict hotter heat waves and worse flooding in the decades ahead, but the catastrophe is evident everywhere this summer.

Dixie wildfire in California has destroyed the historic town of Greenville. Satellite images show the little remains left of the small town.

The Dixie Fire in Northern California, which has destroyed hundreds of buildings and whole communities, is now considered the second largest recorded

Plumas County West shore of Lake Almanor from the Canyon Dam, northwest to Hwy 36 at Hwy 89. This includes the communities of Prattville, Big Meadows, and Lake Almanor West along with the Rocky Point Campground and the Canyon Dam Boat Launch. High Lakes (PLUMAS COUNTY) Recreational area of Plumas County east of the Butte/Plumas County line. Plumas/Butte County line east of Twain includes both sides of Hwy 70 in the areas of Rock Creek, Storrie, Tobin, Belden, Caribou Rich Bar, and Twain. Meadow...

15 States Most Impacted by Wildfires In 2020, fires ravaged these states more than any others. Editors Note: This story originally appeared on Filterbuy. Wildfires have ravaged the American West in the recent past. Of the 10 costliest wildfires on record, only two occurred prior to 2017, according to the Insurance Information Institute. And this year is shaping up to be more of the same. When considering total acres burned, 2020 was very close to being the most destructive wildfire year on reco...

Dixie Fire Latest: Dry days ahead as crews face unprecedented fire conditions | Maps, evacuations, updates The Dixie Fire has burned 113,006 acres in Butte and Plumas counties and is 18% contained, according to Cal Fires recent update. Author: Simone Soublet Updated: 11:24 PM PDT July 22, 2021 BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — The Dixie Fire has rapidly burned 113,006 acres and is only 18% contained, according to Cal Fires Thursday evening update. The fire burned to the w...