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July 19, 2018

California: High Temperatures and Drought Fuel Yosemite Wildfire
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In California, hot weather and bone-dry conditions have fueled a number
of wildfires, including a 26-square-mile fire raging near Yosemite
National Park. One firefighter has died and two others have been injured
battling the blaze. The fires are being fueled by thousands of trees
that died during an unprecedented drought that's gripped California for
most of the last several years.


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