The San Francisco Chronicle's interactive map "California Fire Tracker" (link below) provides information on wildfires across California. You can click on any of the flames to get details, and though Mr. Scarr said (rightly so) in his article we should "assume a reader won’t interact with the piece at all" I think the little flame icons spread across the state -- representing past (and current) wildfires larger than 500 acres or that have hurt/killed people and damaged buildings, will make some readers want to click on them for various reasons -- travel plans, updates, trends ...
https://projects.sfchronicle.com/trackers/california-fire-map/