Readers discuss the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, zombie fires and more

Rising from the ashes

Climate change might fuel more wildfires that can survive winter underground and flare up after warmer-than-normal summers, Jonathan Lambert reported in “ ‘Zombie’ fires could become common” (SN: 6/19/21, p. 7).

Reader Mike Roddy wanted to know if such fires could occur in temperate forests.