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![Dinosaurs attempt to flee a wildfire on Antarctica during the late Cretaceous.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4WcsNi2DAq3eFY6bC6D6Xc-320-80.jpg)
Wildfires burned Antarctica 75 million years ago, charcoal remnants reveal
By Laura Geggel published
Antarctica was warmer during the late Cretaceous period, a time when wildfire blazed through the region.
![A firefighter tackles a blaze from the Caldor fire.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qDTvACVRBbMgLa7Pc7FbyQ-320-80.jpg)
Photos: Devastating Caldor wildfire threatens Lake Tahoe
By Live Science Staff published
The devastating wildfires are closing in on South Lake Tahoe resort, causing thousands of people to flee.
![This aerial picture taken on July 27, 2021, shows a burned forest at Gorny Ulus, west of Yakutsk, in Siberia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q2PSdMXTcQg4zukDZv7Epk-320-80.jpg)
Siberian wildfires dwarf all others on Earth combined
By Tom Metcalfe published
Smoke from massive wildfires in Russia's eastern Siberia region has reached the geographic North Pole "for the first time in recorded history," according to NASA.
![A man standing in front of the Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant as wildfire approaches on Aug. 4, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cMXg8knbb6Ny6vBBfsphdh-320-80.jpg)
Wildfire prompts evacuation at Turkey power plant
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Turkey continues to battle dozens of intense wildfires that have now killed eight people and countless animals.
![Black carbon particulates from wildfires spreads eastward across the U.S. in this image captured July 21, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aLJP5FS6833W2obRk9MrSk-320-80.jpg)
Wildfire smoke spreads across US in striking images from space
By Harry Baker published
NASA has released striking satellite images of wildfire smoke clouds covering vast swaths of the U.S., from the West Coast all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
![Fires raging in Siberia are visible from space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f7picFpQY6SVrsn2xJTZZH-320-80.jpeg)
'Zombie wildfires' that smoldered beneath the snow in Siberia are raging again
By Brandon Specktor published
Hundreds of fires are raging across Russia, giving this year's wildfire season an early start.
![Smoke from the single burning giant sequoia in the southwestern area of Sequoia National Park.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n5JFCoSwqTGxviB9wm5SPT-320-80.jpg)
Giant sequoia tree still smoldering 9 months after devastating California wildfires
By Rachael Rettner published
A giant sequoia tree in California's Sequoia National Park is still smoldering months after devastating wildfires hit the region last summer.
![The growth of the Colorado wildfire can be seen from the GOES-East satellite between Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JJjJ7GMxqX4eQD66SgtyUK-320-80.gif)
Explosive growth of Colorado wildfire seen from space
By Stephanie Pappas published
The spread of the fire was visible from space.
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