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File:Burnout ops on Mangum Fire McCall Smokejumpers.jpg|Wildfire burning in the [[Kaibab National Forest]], [[Arizona]], United States, in 2020. The [[Mangum Fire]] burned more than {{convert|70,000|acres|km2}} of [[forest]].
File:Burnout ops on Mangum Fire McCall Smokejumpers.jpg|Wildfire burning in the [[Kaibab National Forest]], [[Arizona]], United States, in 2020. The [[Mangum Fire]] burned more than {{convert|70,000|acres|km2}} of [[forest]].
File:Global Fires - August and February 2008.jpg|Global fires during the year 2008 for the months of August (top image) and February (bottom image), as detected by the [[Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer]] (MODIS) on NASA's [[Terra satellite]].
File:Global Fires - August and February 2008.jpg|Global fires during the year 2008 for the months of August (top image) and February (bottom image), as detected by the [[Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer]] (MODIS) on NASA's [[Terra satellite]].
File:Forest fire aftermath.jpg|Charred landscape following a crown fire in the [[Cascade Range|North Cascades]], United States
File:Forest fire aftermath.jpg|Charred landscape following a crown fire in the [[Cascade Range|North Cascades]], United States
File:Priske 24.03.2019.jpg|Forest fires visible from a distance in [[Dajti National Park]], [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]
File:Priske 24.03.2019.jpg|Forest fires visible from a distance in [[Dajti National Park]], [[Tirana]], Albania
File:Comtrasts.jpg|A dirt road acted as a fire barrier in [[South Africa]]. The effects of the barrier can clearly be seen on the unburnt (left) and burnt (right) sides of the road.
File:Comtrasts.jpg|A dirt road acted as a fire barrier in South Africa. The effects of the barrier can clearly be seen on the unburnt (left) and burnt (right) sides of the road.
File:Incendio en Caracas (4515878847).jpg|A wildfire in [[Venezuela]] during a [[drought]]
File:Incendio en Caracas (4515878847).jpg|A wildfire in Venezuela during a [[drought]]
File:Wildfire acres burned in the United States, OWID.svg|Average U.S. acreage burned annually by wildfires has almost tripled in three decades.
File:2002- Area of forest damage due to fire.svg |Over recent decades, "forest disturbance" (damage) by fire has increased in most of the planet's forest zones.
File:UC Irvine scientist James Randerson discusses new research linking ocean temperatures and fire seasons severity.ogv|Video to explain how increasing [[Ocean temperature|ocean temperatures]] are linked to fire-season severity.
File:UC Irvine scientist James Randerson discusses new research linking ocean temperatures and fire seasons severity.ogv|Video to explain how increasing [[ocean temperature]]s are linked to fire-season severity.
File:Healthy Hillsides - a project in Rhondda Cynon Taf between NRW and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.webm|A short video on managing and protecting the natural habitat between a town and the hillside, from the risk of fire.
File:Healthy Hillsides - a project in Rhondda Cynon Taf between NRW and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.webm|A short video on managing and protecting the natural habitat between a town and the hillside, from the risk of fire.