In the steaming summer of 2022, tourists flocked to Mariposa County in California for a short break before heading into Yosemite National Park, a world-famous attraction about 40 minutes away. Meanwhile, intense summer winds from California’s Central Valley lapped at the tall trees of mountain forests, drought-stricken for years. No one imagined that a never-before-seen wildfire would soon arrive at this famous tourist destination, moving swiftly and ferociously.