Wildfire Scenes

Dramatic imagery of wildfires raging in forests and rural landscapes, illustrating the impact of fire on flora and the environment.

Grass fire, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Destructive fire for the expansion of farmland India

Creator: Crab Orchard NWR. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; smoke; habitat; IL. . 1998 - 2011.

Starting controlled fire burns. Howick. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa

House on fire in forest

May 2018 eruption, Leilani Estates subdivision, East Rift Zone Kilauea Volcano, Big Island of Hawaii; Pahoa, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States o...

Man Helping To Burn And Control Sugar Cane Fields At Dusk In Preparation Of Harvesting; Republic Of Mauritius

Forest fire

Fire storm. Fire in shrub kills huge number small animals, Tongues of fire, wall of fire like wall of red bushes

USA, Florida, Sarasota County, Myakka River State Park, Controlled Brush Fire

Fire

Creator: Sheldon-Hart Mountain NWRC. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; night ignitions; flame thrower; NV; Sheldon Hart Mountains NWRC. . 1998 - 2011.

Man Keeps An Eye On Burning Of Controlled Burning Of Sugar Cane Fields In Preparation Of Harvesting; Republic Of Mauritius

Grass fire

Forest fire

Creator: Wood, John. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; Fire Management Today photo contest winner; Stillwater NWR; NV. . 1998 - 2011.

Wooden pallets in fire of huge bonfire during Christmas tree burning

Forest Fire

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 A Northern California fire crew works into the night clearing the fire line and monitoring the back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Charred trees and brush in a wooded section of Kennedy Space Center still burn Monday, June 22, after lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Kennedy Space Center at Tel IV, Ransom Road and Pine Island Road. This area is part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The fires were a short distance from operational facilities at the space center and forced the closing of Florida State Route 3. The fires are being contained by firefighters from Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

fire burning grass in a forest fire

Heat waves distort the flames from a brush fire east of Boise, Idaho.

Controlled burning of reeds in reedbed in wetland of nature reserve

Large bonfire at summer solstice celebration outdoors

Controlled burn in prairie to improve habitat.

gamekeeper controlling muir burn (heather burning) on upland grouse moor. management practiced to promote fresh growth for grouse to feed on. glenfeshie. scotland. april 2007. date: 23.10.2008 ref: zb849_122726_0032 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot

Controlled burning of reeds in coastal reedbed habitat, Cley Marshes Reserve, Cley-next-the-sea, Norfolk, England, march

A controlled forest burn, a deliberate fire set to create a healthier and more sustainable forest ecosystem. The prescribed burn of forest creates the right condition for regrowth. Whitman County, Washington, USA

wildfire with long shutterspeed

Prairie fire. Dry grass blazes among bushes, fire in bushes area. Fire in shrub kills huge number small animals, especially insects. Climate change, increased frequency fires, destruction of forests

Controlled burn in New Hampshire

A controlled burn is being employed in a farmer's field to help rid the field of unwanted plant species, which will in turn give his cattle more nutrient rich forage.

Conflagration of a forest fire, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Forest fire

During controlled field fires, the firefighters were able to test various extinguishing methods, from the swatter to the jet pipe

A prescribed fire is used to rejuvenate a marsh in South Florida.

Smoke from a bushfire in D'Entrecasteaux National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Prescribed fire in ponderoase pine forest Pinus ponderosa, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA

fire in dry herb

Forest fire

Fire in forest. Smoke and fire in nature. Burning garbage.

Controlled burn fire of pine forest, Jemez Mountains

Forest fire

Starting controlled fire burns. Howick. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa

Subjects: ignition pattern Prescribed burning Aerial photography refuge. . 1998 - 2011.

VENICE, La. - Raw oil and gas is burnt off during a controlled In-situ burn which supports in the cleanup of surface oil July 17, 2010. A trained specialist lights a flare within a U- shaped boom and monitors the burn closely for the entire duration.

Creator: Gerald Vickers. Subjects: Prescribed burning; Prescribed burning; fire management; fire; joint fire science program; JFSP; refuge; chesapeake marshlands NWR.

Arson dry grass. Burning grass and trees. Strong flame and smoke. People look at the fire Arson dry grass. Burning grass and trees. Strong flame and smoke Copyright: xZoonar.com/AntonxBrehovx 13736831

Bushfire, Southwest Australia

Forest fire

A small wooden house burning at night, sparks fly in the sky and

Burning house in Montgomery County, Maryland.

fire in herb

Fish River protected area, Australia

Controlled burn in prairie to improve habitat.

gamekeeper controlling muir burn (heather burning) on upland grouse moor. glenfeshie. scotland. april 2007. date: 23.10.2008 ref: zb849_122726_0031 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot

A fire burning on a roadside

A small wooden house burning at night, sparks fly in the sky and

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Paculan, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, ignites a pile of brush during a prescribed burn at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 3, 2022. The prescribed burn rid the base of highly flammable dried tree brush in order to cultivate new plant growth.

Fire burns grass on field with smoke from wildfire in the summer

Forest fire

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Burning house in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Eco Poster save forests. Burning trees and escaping animals. Eco Poster save forests. Burning trees and bushes

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

A small wooden house burning at night, sparks fly in the sky and

Burning christmas tree during a demonstration of a fire brigade.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Controlled Burn In Wildlife Management Area

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