Photos: Inside California's Race To Contain Its Devastating Wildfires, Natl. Geo.
'Inside California’s race to contain its devastating wildfires.' By Stuart Palley, National Geographic, Sept. 8, 2020.
In Southern California, a massive wildfire has scorched more than 10,000 acres of land since Saturday morning. Caused by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device set off during a gender reveal party in El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, the fire intensified amid weekend temperatures that soared above 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
It is one of 25 major blazes that firefighters are currently battling across California, where wildfires have burned 2.2 million acres this year so far—a record-breaking figure with another four months left in fire season.
California-based photographer Stuart Palley—a qualified wildland firefighter who has photographed nearly 100 fires across the state—is documenting the devastating effects of the El Dorado fire, which has forced more than 20,000 people to leave their homes as it continues to threaten the region...
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- An air tanker drops retardant as a wildfire burns at a hillside in Yucaipa, Calif., Sept. 5, 2020.
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