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Officials with the Virginia Department of Forestry report a 207 percent increase in the number of wildland fires and a 405 percent increase in the number of acres burned this summer than during the same period in 2006.
A total of 169 wildland fires scorched 970 acres between June 1 and August 14, 2007. Last summer, there were 55 fires that burned 192 acres.
“We are certainly experiencing a lot more fire activity this summer,” said John Miller, director of resource protection. “We’ve had a fair number of lightning strikes that have caused some goodsized fires, but we’ve also had a significant number of fires caused by people burning debris.”
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