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Fire losses to U.S. buildings could nearly triple by 2060 without new protections

Fires in the U.S. are getting faster, larger and more dangerous, but people continue to develop and move into fire-prone regions. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) shows that if we don't act on climate change, which fuels fires, manage vegetation or transform how we build and adapt to fire, the risk to…

Fire losses to U.S. buildings could nearly triple by 2060 without new protections

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