FIREFIGHT.

The article explores the incendiary politics roiling behind the fire-fighting community in California as the Dixie and Caldor blazes continue to rage up north. Topics covered include criticisms to the 2.6 billion U.S. dollars plan of Governor Gavin Newsom in battling wildfires, the belief by some wildfire experts that the state's anti-wildfire campaign is headed for more disaster, and the study by scientists of the wildfire's complex interactions with landscapes in the age of climate change.