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 ...

National Geographic's staff photographer—who has decades of experience covering wildfires—weighs in on why the latest fires ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... turn to leap out of a plane to fight a backcountry forest fire. A Fire Boss plane dumps water to aid a ground crew ...

As unprecedented wildfires raged through Los Angeles, some firefighters suddenly lost access to water. City officials called ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... adapted for long winters in the Sierra. But it’s a fire tree too. Thick bark protects it from burning in ...

This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... for its cultural importance. The park's fire-and-ice combination of active volcanoes and glaciers easily won it ...