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More Americans Are Moving Into Fire-Risky Areas

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Powerful winds, dense chaparral and a loose wire on a utility pole: That was the lethal combination that ignited more than 96,000 acres north of Los Angeles in November 2018. The Woolsey Fire destroyed 1,500 structures and killed three people as it spread across Thousand Oaks, Calabasas and Malibu, burning over the Santa Monica Mountains all the way to the Pacific’s edge.

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Southern Rockies Fire Science Network
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October 14, 2021

Categories: Article/Book/ChapterTags: Community Adaptation, community based forestry, community engagement, Community Exposure, community fire response, community involvement, community planning, Community Wildfire Protection Plans, fire-adapted communities and fire response, vegetation categories, vegetation data, vegetation density, vegetation management

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