In this photo taken Sunday, July 29, 2018, Dustin Westfall, a 29-year-old bulldozer operator working on the Carr Fire, rests with his dozer as fire crews scout a route for him to clear in Igo, Calif.

Wildfire takes no prisoners, has no mercy, knows no boundaries, respects no nation and is a clear and present danger this and every summer as summers grow drier and hotter. The American West is ...