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Stephanie Lockhart, 28, from the North Lake Tahoe Fire District, works to protect homes and shelters as the Caldor fire rips through the canyon near the Sierra Nevada mountain range at a Lake Tahoe lodge along Highway 50, in California, August 29, 2

A home burns as the Caldor fire rips through the canyon along Highway 50 south of Lake Tahoe, in California, August 29. The dramatic fire activity occurred when humidity was low and winds were high, factors that often fuel a fire. According to

Brenda Rocha Fernández, 20, center, joins other firefighters from San Mateo Santa Cruz as they help cut a containment line around the perimeter of the Caldor fire as it smolders near the Carson Pass near the Kirkwood Mountain Resort in California, S

Heather Kirkendall, 27,  and another firefighter with The San Mateo San Cruz unit nap in the cab of a fire engine after a long day on the Caldor fire as they wait for instructions on a possible firing operation at night along the Carson Pass, n

Firefighters Meglan Enz, 26, right, from Hollister, California, and Mateo Corona, 20, from Ben Lomand, California, work with the CZU San Mateo-San Cruz Unit. Here they look at a screen while waiting for instructions on a possible night fire operatio

Massive flames rise up alongside the highway by Caples Lake as the Caldor fire makes its way through the canyons and ridges near Kirkwood, California, September 3, 2021. The Caldor Fire started August 14, 2021, and as of October 5, has burned roug

Melissa Bell, 36, from Livermore, California, works the saw while helping to mop up a hot spot on the Dixie fire outside of Susanville, California, on August 26, 2021. "I consider myself one of the guys," Bell says. "And if you work hard, that's wha

Firefighter Melissa Bell, 36, accompanies a California National Guard hand crew gridding for possible hot spots in the forest north of the community of Westwood, California, August 27, 2021.

Heather Kirkendall, 27, from San Mateo Santa Cruz, rubs her neck after working the chainsaw to clear the area around cabins along the Carson Pass near the Kirkwood Ski resort in California, September 1, 2021.

At 8:45 a.m. Natalie Kerr, 32,  brushes her teeth and makes coffee at the end of a 24-hour shift laying hoseline during the Caldor fire in the Sierra Nevada mountain range around South Lake Tahoe, September 3, 2021. The Caldor fire started on A

Madalyn Schiffel, 26, from Mountain Ranch, California, prepares her personal belongings to return to her regular firehouse after temporarily manning West Point Station, in California, September 4, 2021.  Schifffel was a volunteer firefighter fo

Firefighter with The San Mateo San Cruz unit, Meglan Enz, 26, from Hollister, California, shows off her toe ring while waiting for instructions on a possible firing operation at night along the Carson Pass, near the Kirkwood Ski Resort, in Californi

Natalie Kerr, 32, from the Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, adjusts her headlamp near midnight in a burning forest near Heavenly Valley Lodge around South Lake Tahoe as she carries more than half her body weight—roughly 80 pounds—in hoseline and a personal

Firefighter Natalie Kerr, 32, from the Nevada Yuba Placer unit, clears the ares with a chainsaw around a fire line in order to help contain the fire in a burning forest near heavenly lodge around South Lake Tahoe, while working the Caldor fire, in C

Firefighter Madalyn Schiffel, 26, from Mountain Ranch, California, takes a rest while mopping up a fire that had burned overnight to near West Point Station, in California, September 4, 2021.

Smoke from the Caldor fire rises up over the mountains and through the canyons and ridges near Kirkwood, California, as CAL FIRE firefighters from San Mateo Santa Cruz try to contain the fire by cutting a line around the perimeter of the fire, Septe

Melissa Bell, 36, conducts a fire operation on the Dixie fire to clean up the remaining brush after flames swept through the area, leaving dangerous brush "fuel" unburned, which could potentially spread a fire to other areas near Westwood, Californi

Firefighters with Cal Fire conduct an operation to contain the Dixie fire south of Highway 44 in Lassen National Forest, on August 27. The fire started on July 13. At the time of this image, on October 2, it had burned roughly 965,000 acres (400,000

Meet some of the women firefighters battling flames in California in National Geographic