Jeffrey Rupert, director of Office of Wildland Fire, and Jaelith Hall-Rivera, deputy chief of state, private, and tribal forestry, listen as Kelly Norris, interim Wyoming state forester, speaks during an Energy and Natural Resources Senate Committee hearing on the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Jeffrey Rupert, director of Office of Wildland Fire looks over as Jaelith Hall-Rivera, deputy chief of state, private, and tribal forestry, speaks during an Energy and Natural Resources Senate Committee hearing on the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Jeffrey Rupert, director of Office of Wildland Fire, speaks during an Energy and Natural Resources Senate Committee hearing on the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-RhoadesAmanda Andrade-Rhoades 

Jeffrey Rupert, Director of Office of Wildland Fire, and Jaelith Hall-Rivera, deputy chief of state, private, and tribal forestry, and Kelly Norris, interim Wyoming state forester, listen during an Energy and Natural Resources Senate Committee hearing on the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades 

A Washington state Department of Natural Resources wildland firefighter monitors a prescribed fire at Boggs Pit near Loon Lake, Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight 

A Washington state Department of Natural Resources wildland firefighter lights a test fire during a prescribed burn at Boggs Pit near Loon Lake, Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight 

A Washington state Department of Natural Resources wildland firefighter monitors a prescribed fire at Boggs Pit near Loon Lake, Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight 

A West Metro Wildland crew member extinguishes a fire at a home in the aftermath of the Marshall Fire in Louisville, Colorado, U.S. December 31, 2021. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton wear new gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton learn to deploy fire shelters as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion wear new fire fighting gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton learn to deploy fire shelters as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton learn to deploy fire shelters as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton sort through their new gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion wear new fire fighting gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion wear new fire fighting gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A U.S. Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton wears fire gear and new gloves as she trains with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion from Camp Pendleton train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion wear new fire fighting gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion wear new fire fighting gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion wear new fire fighting gear as they train with professional wildland firefighters in preparation to support the National Interagency Fire Center to protect people, property and public lands before deploying to help fight fires in California from Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A fire burns in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yaroslav Yemelianenko 

Smoke rises from a forest fire in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yaroslav Yemelianenko 

A Catholic church is pictured as a fire burns a tract of Amazon jungle being cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Brazil August 27, 2019. Picture taken August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

A Catholic church is pictured as a fire burns a tract of Amazon jungle being cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Brazil August 27, 2019. Picture taken August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

A Catholic church is pictured as a fire burns a tract of Amazon jungle being cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Brazil August 27, 2019. Picture taken August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

A car is driven through bushfire affected area on the Bruthen-Buchan Road near Buchan, Victoria, Australia, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Signage is seen on the bushfire affected Bruthen-Buchan Road near Buchan, Victoria, Australia, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Bushfire affected land is seen in Buchan, Victoria, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

The remains of cars that were burnt during the bushfire season, are piled up in the community of Wytaliba, New South Wales, Australia January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "ORPHANED KANGAROOS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A kangaroo stands in front of the remains of a burnt down house, destroyed during the bushfire season, in the community of Wytaliba, New South Wales, Australia January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "ORPHANED KANGAROOS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Signage is seen on the bushfire affected Bruthen-Buchan Road near Buchan, Victoria, Australia, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Burnt bushland is seen in Buchan, Victoria, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Charred trees left in the wake of a recent bushfire are seen near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A charred landscape left in the wake of a recent bushfire is seen near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Smoke rises from the smouldering remnants of a bushfire near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A landscape shrouded in smoke from nearby bushfires is seen near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A charred landscape left in the wake of a recent bushfire is seen near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A firefighter from a local brigade works to extinguish flames after a bushfire burnt through the area in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Flames from a bushfire burn in the early morning hours in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A firefighter from a local brigade works to extinguish flames after a bushfire burnt through the area in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A bushfire approaches the town of Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A helicopter flies through the smoke of a bushfire in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A bushfire approaches the town of Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A man surveys the scorched landscape surrounding the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat after a wildfire in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A cracked mirror leans against the rock face of a cathedral-like rock cavity after a wildfire raged through the wedding venue in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A fallen tree rests on a burned car after a wildfire destroyed the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Dead trees mark the scorched landscape surrounding the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat after a wildfire in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A piece of burnt wood seen in Kangaroo Valley, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Angie Teo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The remnants of a destroyed home, burnt in the recent bushfires, is pictured in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

The remnants of a destroyed home, burnt in the recent bushfires, is pictured in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

The remnants of a destroyed home, burnt in the recent bushfires, is pictured in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Charred trees are pictured in a patch of forest burnt during the recent bushfires near Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Charred trees are pictured in a patch of forest burnt during the recent bushfires in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A truck drives past charred trees burnt during the recent bushfires near Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A sign warning potential trespassers to turn around is pictured at the front of a property burnt during the recent bushfires near Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

A charred forest is pictured on a hill, burnt during the recent bushfires, near Lake Conjola, New South Wales, Australia, January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Charred trees are pictured on a hill, burnt during the recent bushfires, near Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Melted metal from a vehicle destroyed in the recent bushfires is pictured in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott