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Posted June 25, 2006 EST
Wildfire Season Could Be U.S. Worst
United States -
Only four days into summer, wildfires are already burning in record numbers as experts fear drought conditions mean a dangerous wildfire season in the U.S. Statistics complied by National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, show the 3.2 million acres burned up by 54,686 fires already this year tops the 10-year average of 39,240 fires burning a million acres.
Although the fires have been mostly contained, experts say the dry ground is ripe for a worst-case scenario.
Most fires have been in the rural, less populated areas of the western United States but as of Saturday there were 23 fires threatening populated areas in 10 states, including a week-old blaze that has charred 42-hundred acres near Sedona, Ariz., over the past week, the Los Angeles Times reports.
CNN said some of the hundreds of evacuated Arizona residents were being allow to return home Sunday.
Wildfire season usually picks up at the end of summer and into fall and meteorologists say heavy rain in just the right spots could alleviate the danger.
Written by United Press International
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