Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are rapidly expanding
Since 2000, the zone where development abuts wildlands has grown 35 percent globally
A firefighter walks by the husk of a house in Camarillo, Calif., on November 6. The Mountain Fire, which destroyed dozens of structures and forced 10,000 people to flee, exemplifies the risks as areas nestled next to nature, called wildland-urban interfaces, continue to grow globally.
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