While wildfires can start naturally, the growth of them has, in part, been due to humans. However, the prevention of them has also been linked to human involvement. Here’s a look at human involvement over the years and how it had an effect on fires. Initial Use of Fires At first, humans weren’t all that interested in fires and what they could do. The Hebrew, Greek, and Roman soldiers would use them in battles and they’d have their use for offering heat, but people weren’t interested in the uncultivated land where most of the wildfires would occur. It wasn’t until the 13th century that humans started to look at other uses of fires. This was when some of the earliest