Why France and Spain may be entering a new era of giant, out-of-control fires

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New research shows that climate change has increased the risk of big blazes and that a strategy of suppressing fires allowed vegetation to grow — only to dry out and become fuel.
A man searches through the rubble
A man searches through the rubble of his cabin in the wake of a wildfire in El Barraco, Spain, on Thursday. Oscar Del Pozo / AFP via Getty Images

The wildfires sweeping through southern Europe, which have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes or vacations, are not a surprise and will only become more likely in the future, two new pieces of research suggest.

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