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The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland-urban interface. Here’s what that is
Californians live in the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
A Reporter Covering Wildfires Wonders: ‘Is My Home Next?’
Jack Healy, a Phoenix-based reporter who covered the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, reflects on all he has in common ...
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L.A. Fires highlight risk to the built environment across the West
What played out in L.A. could easily occur in other communities, other cities across the West and even outside the West,” ...
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Wildland Urban Interfaces are more wildfire-prone, but developers keep building
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, the Urban Wildland Interface grows at a rate of 2 million acres per year. Here in ...
Can Southern CA rebuild areas burned by wildfire faster?
A lawmaker wants to quickly rebuild communities ravaged by the Los Angeles-area fires. Plus, a map of the wildland-urban interface.
How do we keep a wildland fire from becoming an urban conflagration?
Retired firefighter Bobbie Scopa describes the differences between various types of fires, including wildland fires, and how ...
How Los Angeles fires became a 'worst-case scenario come to life'
Two weeks after the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes in two distinct LA-area communities, many in Los ...
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The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...