What a week. Rough for all Californians. Exhausting for the firefighters on the front lines. Heart-shattering for those who lost homes and loved ones. But a special “Truman Show” kind of hell for the cadre of men and women who’ve not just watched California burn, fire ax in hand, for the past two or three or five decades, but who’ve also fully understood the fire policy that created the landscape that is now up in flames.

A town plagued by mysterious fires turns to science, the church, and the law in a search for answers. By Ariel Ramchandani.

In 1666, The Great Fire of London destroyed more than 13,000 homes. The 350th anniversary of the inferno was marked with pyrotechnics galore — including a floating, burning replica of old London.

Wildfires in the area made for smoky conditions near Table Rock on Tuesday night in Boise. Video by Anna Webb.

Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures broke out around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece on Friday