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Burning B.C.: Time to fight fire with fire, says expert
Description: With hundreds of wildfires searing the interior of British Columbia, and with more unusually hot dry weather on the horizon, experts warn that this may be the new fire season normal, and the best prevention - is setting preventative fires. The traditional practice of setting preemptive or prescribed burns to get rid of underbrush and create fire stops - scorched ground to stop fire's spread - has fallen off, and experts say that's putting people at risk and costing millions. [Source: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)]
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfires-bc-smoke-prescribed-burns-fire-interior-displaced-evacuees-1.4198057
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Source: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Publish Date: 7/11/2017
Reading Level: Basic
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