"Now we see fires of that scale every year, just constantly," Kodas said. In 1988 one third of Yellowstone park, almost 800,000 acres, was scorched.

The massive fires that burned a third of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 captured national headlines, introducing many across the country to the destructive potential of large wildfires in the West.

Yellowstone National Park's 1988 wildfires made international headlines after nearly one-third of the park was consumed by flames.

In the parched summer of 1988, wildfires ripped through more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park during the most severe fire year in park history. Approximately 1.2 million acres scorched by ...

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Yellowstone visitors watched in horror as a bison fell into the Grand Prismatic Spring, struggling to escape the boiling water in a tragic wildlife event.

The Yellowstone Fires of 1988: Nature’s New Beginning In 1988, multiple fires swept through Yellowstone National Park, burning around 1.2 million acres.

Editor's note: This is the second installment in a three-day series on the wildfires that swept Yellowstone National Park 20 years ago this summer.

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A firefighter is seen helping a young deer in Oregon as workers contain the Rowena Fire. Rowena Fire 2025 A baby deer fleeing a wildfire dashed toward firefighters in Oregon, deputies said.