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Humans vs. Lightning: What Causes U.S. Wildfires?

By Lacy Schley
May 9, 2017 5:00 PMNov 21, 2019 6:49 PM
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(Credit: John McColgan/BLM's Alaska Fire Service/Wikimedia Commons)

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