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On the recordMay 25, 2010
For me, the lightning strikes that summer--I guess a year ago--I've never seen anything like it in Northern California, 1,000 fires started from lightning strikes at one time, one day. So it's a big problem.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein discusses the unprecedented number of lightning-caused fires in California.

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