Two California fires in the Sierra Nevada have very different outcomes. Why?

Why was one fire so much more destructive? Experts attribute the difference to variations in weather, vegetation and topography. The management history of each landscape also played a role: Yosemite boasts decades of active stewardship, including prescribed burns, while areas outside the park bear a legacy of industrial logging and fire suppression.

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