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Unplanned fires burning in natural vegetation. The U.S. averages roughly 70,000 wildfires per year. Concentrated in the western U.S. but affecting all regions.
National overview of how wildfires form, where they concentrate in the U.S., the role of the wildland-urban interface, and what a century of fire history has taught about risk and response.
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