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Clare Frank: We suffer too many fools who start wildfires

With so much smoke polluting the air so early in the fire season, we should finally stop thinking of wildfires as out of our control.

BC-OPINION-FRANK-WILDFIRE-START-ART-NYTSF— The Caldor fire burning in the Eldorado National Forest near Pollock Pines, California, in 2021. (Max Whittaker for The New York Times) — ONLY FOR USE WITH ARTICLE SLUGGED — BC-OPINION-FRANK-WILDFIRE-START-ART-NYTSF — OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

BC-OPINION-FRANK-WILDFIRE-START-ART-NYTSF— The Caldor fire burning in the Eldorado National Forest near Pollock Pines, California, in 2021. (Max Whittaker for The New York Times) — ONLY FOR USE WITH ARTICLE SLUGGED — BC-OPINION-FRANK-WILDFIRE-START-ART-NYTSF — OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

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By Clare Frank | For The New York Times