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Washington State Has Fewest Acres Burned In Decade

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(Olympia, WA)  —  Washington’s wildfire season was the lightest in a decade.  Just over 140-thousand acres burned.  However, 2020 and 2021 were the second and third-worst fire seasons in the state’s history.  Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hillary Franz says a combination of DNR equipment, aerial firefighting assets, personnel along with a wet and rainy spring helped keep the number of acres burned to a ten-year low.



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