Australia Bushfire Smoke Killed 12.6x More People Than Fires, Study Finds

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By Jordan DavidsonMar 24, 2020, 3:31 pm174 pts
The Australian wildfires that burned for five months and destroyed millions of acres also killed 33 people. However, the smoke from the fires killed 12.6 times as many people. New research has shown that smoke from the fires killed 417 people and caused thousands of hospitalizations between October and…

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