Yellowstone fires of 1988 facts for kids
The Yellowstone fires of 1988 were the largest wildfires in the history of the Yellowstone National Park. They began as smaller individual fires. They spread quickly out of control. The fires were made worse by increasing wind and severe drought in the Western United States.
The fires burned for several months. On September 8, 1988, the entire park was closed to all non-emergency people for the first time in its history. The arrival of cool and moist weather in the late autumn brought the fires to an end.
Images for kids
-
1953: a firefighter hikes to a distant fire
-
1965: typical Yellowstone lodgepole pine forest
-
Firefighters on the fireline near Mammoth Hot Springs, September 10, 1988
-
A bull elk in a recently burned area
-
Smoky conditions obscured the Absaroka Mountains.
-
Firefighters sprayed foam on structures in the Mammoth Hot Springs complex on September 10, 1988.
-
News crews were required to wear Nomex firefighting clothing whenever they were near fires.
-
August 5, 1987
-
August 23, 1988
-
August 2, 1989
-
September 15, 2008
See also
In Spanish: Incendio de Yellowstone de 1988 para niños
