Wildfire Ignition

fire-ignition

Understanding what started the California fires requires separating immediate triggers from underlying conditions that make large, damaging fire behavior more likely. This everg...

fire-safety

The Los Angeles fire that drew widespread attention began as a rapidly spreading wildfire in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, driven by strong offshore winds and dry...

wildfire-analysis

The Pacific Palisades fire was ignited by a combination of human-caused sources and extreme fire weather, not a single named individual acting alone. Multiple ignitions were doc...