Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic ... fighting fire with fire. These prescribed—and controlled—fires remove undergrowth, brush, and litter from a forest, depriving an otherwise ...

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The National ... how long a fire will last. A change of fuels or a natural barrier can also stop a fire, he said. While ...

The hot-pink mix of water and chemicals, which is sprayed from planes to combat wildfires, is under renewed scrutiny.

The National ... can also stop a fire, he said. While Menakis doesn’t think Southern California’s fires will last for months because they are partially contained in a geographic area, the ...

Trees struck by lightning can ignite from within, leaving behind a hollow structure that may either reignite a wildfire or ...

(Sources: Benny Goller and Doug Altshuler, University of British Columbia, Vancouver) This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic ... clump of orange fire bush blossoms ...

Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest personnel are in southern California fighting wildfires. Two crews have been sent, a 26 ...

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