Fighting fire with fire

Living Planet | Deutsche Welle by DW

Sep 18, 202634:34Science & Medicine

Anasuya Basil lives in a virtual tinder box in California. After surviving blazes big and small, she winced at the smell of smoke. Then everything changed. Now she sets fires on purpose.

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