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Central Washington Holds Summit To Take Stock Of Worst Fire Season In History
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"We don't have to be victims of fire," presenters argued at the Wildfires and Us Summit in Wenatchee Monday. ROWAN MOORE GERETY / / NORTHWEST PUBLIC RADIO
The summer of 2015 was the worst wildfire season in Washington state history: three young firefighters died and hundreds of homes burned in blazes that sent more than a million acres up in smoke. For residents of central Washington, a gathering on Monday offered the first chance to come together and ponder the future in a region likely to see more and bigger fires in years to come.
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