Increasingly intense wildfires are scorching forests from California to Australia and stoking concern among residents and health professionals about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure.

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

The Denver Post has been covering the fires since they first began. Here are some of their shots of the flames and the Coloradans who have been affected.

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Judy Woodruff talks to a former IAEA official about efforts to contain the crisis.