Interactive map of wildfires in the U.S.

Yikes.

LINK (via: The Seattle Times)

Things are particularly rough in eastern Washington.

#TwispRiver is flowing red because of retardant drop in river. See http://t.co/NGBKzNbrim for more #TwispRiverFire pic.twitter.com/8Jp1M6Zgpw

— Joshua Trujillo (@joshtrujillo) August 21, 2015

The Story Behind the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 - Retro Report

Summer of Fire: The lessons learned from the summer of 1988 when fires burned nearly one third of Yellowstone National Park continue to shape the way we fight wildfires raging across the West today.