Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – read this if you're planning fireworks on July 4
- Written by Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
A wildfire in 2017 destroyed more than 3,000 homes in Santa Rosa, Calif., a city of over 180,000 people.Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesOver the past two decades, a staggering 21.8 million Americans found themselves living within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of a large wildfire. Most of those residents would have had to evacuate, and many...

