This summer's fire season was bigger and deadlier than most

NPR | By Murphy Woodhouse

Published October 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM MDT

Historic drought had western states entering summer anxious about wildfires. Some suffered significant destruction and death, but there were wins, too.

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