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7"ME NUMBER OF
FOREST F/RES /S
THERE i£ AN AVERAGE CF 200,000 FOREST FiRES EVERY YEAR., THEY Burn about 30 MILLION ACRES, Af» area larger than the state OF Pennsylvania! the saw-timber' TREES DESTROYED wOui-D BUilDAlD THE HOMES IN A CITY OF OVER ONE-HALF MILLION
population i
33.9%