The AP has a nice interactive infographic on Wildfires, showing past fires and the current wildfires being tracked. It also has some interesting information on the creation and fighting of wildfires.
Randall Hand
Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.