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Why were California's wine country fires so destructive?

  • Written by Jon Keeley, Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey
imageBurned area in Santa Rosa, California, Oct. 11, 2017.US Department of Defense

As of late October more than a dozen wildfires north of San Francisco had killed more than 40 people, burned approximately 160,000 acres and destroyed more than 7,000 structures.

This tragic loss of life and property is unprecedented in California. However, the fires are...

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