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Article: 'Fire and Ashes' explores a killer
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2003
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FIRE AND ASHES: ON THE FRONT LINES OF AMERICAN WILDFIRE, by John
N. Maclean, Henry Holt, 238 pages, $25.
Last year, more than 7 million acres in the United States were
burned in wildfires. This timely book, featuring sound perspectives
from the author, looks at why wildfires keep getting bigger and
hotter and more dangerous.
"Wildfire is a troubling partner for modern society, as fire
seasons of increasing ferocity have amply demonstrated," Maclean, who
weaves storytelling with analysis and firefighter insight, writes.
He states that the National Interagency Fire Center, located in
Boise, estimates that the number of people who could be threated by a
wildfire nationwide increased 10 fold in ...