BUFFALO — It was dark outside, but Dusty Kavitz could see the flameless fire.
Kavitz – who is based in the Buffalo office of the U.S Forest Service – was working with wildland firefighters in northern California in 2021 to fight the Dixie fire, one of the largest wildfires in American history.
He was surveying the fire looking for hotspots – warmer areas that could reignite with a shift in wind – when he spotted one invisible to the naked eye.
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