Oct 17 11:56 AM

Photos: Fire in the USA in 21 images

Firemen with new fire wagon, Santa Ana, 1891
Photo courtesy Orange County Archives
The fire took a breath and now we’ve got our feet on the throat of it. And we’re going to keep choking it out.

- Fire Commander, Fault Lines, "Chasing Fire"


Horseshoe Meadows Hotshot takes a short breather at the Rim Fire. The Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest in California began on Aug. 17, 2013. At the time of this photo the fire had consumed approximately 237,341 acres.
U.S. Forest Service, Photographer: Mike Mcmillan

In this week's episode of Fault Lines, the Fault Lines team follows the 2013 wildfire season, heading west to chase the flames as they spread. But the history of America's fires and firefighting has existed throughout centuries, constantly changing as communities grow, climates fluxate, and as new technologies are devleoped and new policies are set. These are portraits of a poriton of that history. See the rest of the collection below:

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