In the USA, wildfire smoke could be responsible for approximately 70,000 additional deaths every year by 2050 under a high-emissions scenario, one paper suggests. Globally, the figures may rise to 1.4 million premature deaths annually by the end of the century, the other paper proposes. The findings demonstrate the substantial health burden that wildfire smoke may cause, and highlight the need to identify strategies to mitigate the risk of such fires. Their projections indicate that annual premature deaths due wildfire smoke may rise to around 1.40 million annually by 2095–2099, approximately 6 times higher than current rates. Together, the studies emphasize the need to identify interventions that may work to lower fire risk and reduce the health burden of wildfire smoke.