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Multiple causes. Lightning leads the list but also campfires, trash burning, fireworks, smoking, railroads, arson, etc.
Contributing causes:
• Unhealthy forests and grasslands
• Government spending less on fire prevention
• Drought
• More people living in wildland areas = more structures to protect
• Climate change only makes things worse
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/why-we-have-such-damaging-wildfires-this-summer/
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