Calls grow for state and national prescribed burns strategies to prevent repeat of huge wildfires in Western states.
![In this file photo from September, a firefighter uses a drip torch to set a backfire to protect mountain communities from the Bobcat Fire [David McNew/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1228446781.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Matt McFetridge is a freelance writer/field producer for various global, 24-hour news networks, covering both the American West and international date... lines.
Calls grow for state and national prescribed burns strategies to prevent repeat of huge wildfires in Western states.
![In this file photo from September, a firefighter uses a drip torch to set a backfire to protect mountain communities from the Bobcat Fire [David McNew/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1228446781.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Increasingly dry conditions in arid western US states are making wildfires bigger and tougher to contain, expert says.
