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Western Fires

NPR
Published August 7, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

Sixty-six large fires are burning in the western United States today. This is being called the worst fire season in fifty years. NPR's Aaron Schachter reports on the financial cost of this year's firefighting.

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