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Extreme heat has already made 2024 a busy wildfire year. More acres had burned in the US by mid-July than in all of 2023, and several communities had lost homes to wildfires.
As fire season intensifies across the West, there are steps homeowners can take to make their homes less vulnerable to burning and increase the likelihood that firefighters can protect their property in the event of a wildfire.