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wildfire  

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  • Forest and rangeland fires (wildfires) are sources of important ecological and economic damage, as well as serious risks to human lives and settlements. A wildfire is an environmental conflagration that burns out of control and threatens people, buildings, or resources. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Wildfire]

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