These charts show how much worse fires have gotten in your state

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By Brian KahnSep 1, 2015, 1:21 pm29 pts
The West continues to be a fiery inferno as August fades into September. Wildfires have exploded across the region. There have been 117 large wildfires to date including 70 large fires that are still burning. Those fires along with thousands of smaller blazes have contributed to 7.8 million acres burned in the…

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