Wildfires not isolated to western US
July 24, 2006

When most people think of wildfires and forest fires, they think of places like Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of the Mountain West. But one of the biggest forest fires underway right now is in northern Minnesota. Widespread drought throughout the central part of the United States means that places that aren't conventionally thought of as vulnerable to wildfires are experiencing unusual risk.

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