brush fires

A compilation of the past week in social media images includes a Midwest blizzard, a Plains dust storm and a California brush fire.

High winds helped spread a Southern California brush fire, leading to evacuations and school closings.

Parts of drought-stricken Florida on fire. Interstate closed as a result.

Arizona state officials say they “absolutely believe the [Lost Dutchman] fire was human-caused.”

Critical fire weather conditions have developed across parts of the nation’s heartland. Warm temperatures, low humidity, very dry ground. One spark could set up a chain reaction.