And when fires sweep through such areas, they often leave destruction ... “There’s nothing about fire risk in the WUI [wildland-urban interface] map,” said McCaffrey.

To learn more about WUI areas, the researchers obtained satellite imagery that showed land characteristics for the years 2000, 2010 and 2020. In comparing imagery over time, the researchers ...

Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.