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We're Putting More Homes On Wild Lands And In The Path Of Wildfires

By Ashley Ahearn (OPB/EarthFix)
Pine Forest, Wash. Aug. 16, 2018 12:15 a.m.

For people living in the “wildland-urban interface,” wildfire risk is the new normal, and the risk is increasing as more people move into places where cul-de-sac meets forest or sagebrush. 

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