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As wildfires expand, fire science needs to keep up

  • Written by Albert Simeoni, Professor of Fire Protection Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
imageWildfire threatens a home near Possum Kingdom, Texas, April 19, 2011.State Farm, CC BY

In the month of October nearly 250,000 acres, more than 8,000 homes and over 40 people fell victim to fast-moving wildfires in Northern California, the deadliest and one of the costliest outbreaks in state history. Now is the time to wrestle with hard questions....

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