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Oregon’s bigger, more severe fires worry those tasked with fighting them
Oregon’s bigger, more severe fires worry those tasked with fighting them
Oregon’s bigger, more severe fires worry those tasked with fighting them

Published on: 12/27/2024

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A plane drops fire retardant on an active fire in Douglas County. (Rachael Pope/Douglas Forest Protective Association)

When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state — an area larger than Delaware. For Tyler McCarty, district manager at the Coos Forest Protective Association, in the coastal southwest part of the state, fires today are a “night and day difference” from what they were 20 years ago.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2024/12/oregons-bigger-more-severe-fires-worry-those-tasked-with-fighting-them.html

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