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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018
AP Photo/Patrick Record
King Bass, 6, left, sits and watches the Holy Fire burn from the top of his parents’ car as his sister Princess, 5, rests her head on his shoulder in Lake Elsinore, Calif.
WILDFIRES RAVAGE THE WEST
By COLIN MURPHEY
The Daily Astorian
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ildfires continue to burn across many parts of the western half of the country including California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Montana and other places. Canada is also deal-
ing with fire, as multiple large incidents burn in British Columbia contributing to poor air quality in the Pacific Northwest. And while debate rages about climate change, forest
management, fire suppression and skyrocketing costs of fighting fires, thousands of men and women are still on the ground and in the air battling intense out-of-control blazes.
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
AP Photo/John Locher
A firefighter battles the Holy Fire in the Cleveland National Forest in Lake El-
sinore, Calif.
A firefighter lights a back burn while battling the Hat Fire near Fall River Mills,
Calif.
PRO-CON: IS CLIMATE CHANGE SPARKING AMERICA’S RECORD-BREAKING WILDFIRES? OPINION • 4A
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
A firefighter sets a back burn to fight the Holy Fire as it burns in the Cleveland
National Forest along a hillside at Temescal Valley in Corona, Calif.
A firefighter battles the Holy Fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest in
Lake Elsinore, Calif.
Video journalist Chris O’Neal
records the sun visible through
thick smoke from a wildfire as a
helicopter flies past him in
Lake Elsinore, Calif.
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong