US Fires Trend Up in Severity: 'The Worst Fire Disasters Are Still to Come'

These disasters are also encroaching into and damaging areas previously deemed safe from burning, the study found.

Drought and dried organic matter, for instance, are both direct outcomes of global warmingandprecursors to wildfire.

And these perfect storm risks are turning into reality much faster than once thought, the study authors say.

Iglesias' sentiment aligns with the devastation felt across the nation in the past three years.