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On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
the average annual number of large wildfires in the Western United States has tripled and the area burned six times greater.
Said by
Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone highlights the alarming increase in wildfires since the 1970s.

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