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On the recordOctober 24, 2017
These fires have destroyed over 8,000 homes and buildings, scorched more than 245,000 acres, and tragically taken some 42 lives.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper provides statistics on the destruction caused by the wildfires.

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