The Fires Next TimeThe Fires Next Time by Peter Christoff examines Australias Black Summer Fires. Following a three year drought and during the hottest and driest year on record, a flume of scorching air set the Australian continent aflame. The Black Summer fires were unprecedented. Over six months in 2019 20, they burned more than 24 million hectares of Australia's southern and eastern forests one of the largest areas burnt anywhere on Earth in a single event. The