Fires

A photograph of a bonfire near Rubli Mountain in the Alps near Bern, Switzerland. Most likely taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., worked in Europe.

A photograph of a bonfire near Rubli Mountain in the Alps near Bern, Switzerland. Most likely taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., worked in Europe.

Photo of the charred remains of one of a series of four or more forest fires known as the Tillamook Burn, which occurred between 1933 and 1951, in the Northern Oregon Coastal Range. Three hundred fifty-five thousand acres of old growth timber were destroyed.

Aerial view of forest fire in Ontario, North of Lac La Croix. The U.S. Forest Service later helped bring it under control.

A fire at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Some ships are trying to extinguish fires on other ships at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Smoke clouds billow into the air at a fire at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Some ships are trying to extinguish fires on other ships at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Some ships are trying to extinguish fires on other ships at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

A fire at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Ships in the background are on fire, and some of the ships in the foreground are trying to put out the fires.