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Wildfires are front-page news. Why isn't their cause? (www.nationalobserver.com)

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Most wild fires are started by lightning. But like you said, its not the ignition, it is the conditions that allow wild fires to grow so large they are impossible to control.

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