Firefighting resources in Kansas were stretched dangerously thin this spring as wildfires ravaged hundreds of thousands of acres in the state.

On the charred landscape of Clark County where unprecedented wildfires raged, causing countless damage on March 6, Corey Holt is the only person who died. His girlfriend says she spoke with him as he drove his big rig into the smoke. Then their connection went silent.

For the second year in a row, Kansas was caught off guard by two fires of unprecedented size.

Many scientists believe there will be increasingly more days with weather that puts the state at risk of wildfires.