Photo by lynseyaddario / Firefighters Meglan Enz, 26, right, from Hollister, California, and Mateo Corona, 20, from Ben Lomand, work with the San Mateo-San Cruz CalFire unit. They’re awaiting instructions on a possible night operation along Carson Pass, in early September. Enz, in her third season, says: “I love this job, but I don’t want to marry this job. I want to have a normal life outside of the fire service, even though it’s hard to have both. But I think it’s doable.” With increasing levels of drought across the state of California, fires are more intense and burn for longer periods of time. According to Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service, the Caldor fire started on August 14. As of October 21, the fire is fully contained, burning a total of 222,000 acres (90,000 ha). #climatechange #CALFIRE u.s.forestservice #LynseyAddario #femalefirefighters