As climate change continues making wildfires worse, how do we learn to live with fire?
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America’s Ring of Fire
How wildfires are changing
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The smoke’s gone, but hearts and lungs still may be in danger months after wildfires
An increase in ER visits three months after a large California fire raises questions about long-term health effects of blazes raging across the West.
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Burning hotter and faster
We look at the recent Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in California’s history, and revisit an investigation from earlier this year.
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As wildfires rage, Trump administration plans to slash fire science funding
Fires have grown larger, more intense and unpredictable. But federal research that helps prevent and respond to them is on the chopping block.
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Redding confronts a deadly pattern: A history of wildfires and development in high-fire-risk areas
Wildfires are once again claiming homes and lives in a Northern California city that has pushed into wildfire-prone areas.
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Should development be extinguished on California’s fire-prone hills?
Sonoma County’s hillsides are particularly picturesque and expensive. Their history of fire and development is instructive because it is so typical.
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More to the story: Redlining, wildfires and Trump’s mansion
There’s always more to the story on Reveal. This week, we look at the impact three shows have made since they first ran.
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Built to burn
Do officials need to reconsider their approach to building where the risk of wildfire is highest?
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Built to burn
Nearly 5,000 homes were destroyed or damaged when fires swept through Sonoma County. But fire had scorched a similar area of the county in 1964.
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Warning system down: California’s deadliest fires
Last October, more than 170 wildfires ripped across Northern California. It was the deadliest fire incident in the state’s history.