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Fire Year Already Ahead of 10 Year Average for Number of Wildfires and Acres Burned

5/2 The National Interagency Fire Center says nationwide, 9-new large fires were reported this week, including the 2,138-acre Stronghold Fire in Cochise County. Year to date, there have been 22,759-total wildfires for a total of 988,319-acres burned, both numbers are higher than the 10-year averages of 15,764-wildfires and 939,503-acres burned.

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