EditorialANTS training at Fire Station 1300 in Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg from the point of view of an injured firefighter, berlin, berlin, germany - 23 Jan 2017
EditorialA plane drops fire retardant in an effort to fight the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire near Las Vegas, N.M., on May 3, 2022. (Adria Malcolm/The New York Times)
EditorialA plane drops fire retardant in an effort to fight the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire near Las Vegas, N.M., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Adria Malcolm/The New York Times)
EditorialA plane drops fire retardant in an effort to fight the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire near Las Vegas, N.M., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Adria Malcolm/The New York Times)
EditorialA sequoia that survived a 2015 fire, only to be killed by beetles a few years later, in California’s Kings Canyon National Park, Oct. 27, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialFire retardant covers the lodge at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort in Phillips, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialAn air tanker drops fire retardant on the Dixie Fire near Janesville, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialFirefighters watch as a plane drops fire retardant near homes threatened by the Blue Ridge Fire in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2020. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times)
EditorialAn air tanker drops fire retardant over the landscape while fighting the Silverado Fire in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2020. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times)
EditorialA helicopter drops fire retardant on a large fire that erupted in Beirut’s port on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, sending up orange flames and a huge plume of black smoke that terrified residents still recovering from the horrific port explosion that devastated entire neighborhoods last month. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of a search and rescue team walk along a sidewalk stained by fire retardant in Talent, Ore., after the Almeda fire passed, on Sept. 13, 2020. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialFire retardant dropped from the air stains the concrete apron around a swimming pool next to a mobile home park in Talent, Oregon, on Sept. 15 2020. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck sprays fire retardant along Highway 190 in the Sequoia National Forest, as they fight the Sequoia Complex Fire, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (Daniel Dreifuss/The New York Times)
EditorialFire retardant blankets a neighborhood on Sept. 15, 2020, in a Talent, Ore., destroyed by the Almeda Fire. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialFire retardant blankets mailboxes in the aftermath of the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore., on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
EditorialA helicopter drops fire retardant on a large fire that erupted in Beirut’s port on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, sending up orange flames and a huge plume of black smoke that terrified residents still recovering from the horrific port explosion that devastated entire neighborhoods last month. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialA Ventura County fire engine is seen in an area covered in fire retardant near the LNU Lightning Complex fire in Napa County, Calif., Aug. 23, 2020. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialA police roadblock on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, near Peak View, Australia, near the site of a crash involving a C-130 Hercules carrying a load of fire retardant. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialAn area adjacent to the Princess Highway is covered with fire retardant that was dropped by a plane near Jerrawangala, Australia fighting massive fires on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)