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A scoop plane drops water onto a burning ridge in Washington state where a fire line had been created by crews of wildland firefighters, Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Lick Creek Fire, south of Asotin, Wash. (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP)
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Wildfires calm down in cool weather, but losses grow

As of July 17, 2021, the Beckwourth Complex Fire has consumed 105,000 acres and is 68 percent contained. Shown here on July 9, firefighters battle the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, in Doyle, Calif.(AP Photo by Noah Berger).
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Size of Oregon wildfire underscores vastness of the West

Firefighters from Oregon and other nationwide agencies meet at Chiloquin High School before heading toward the Bootleg Fire, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Chiloquin, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
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Fires threaten Indigenous lands in desiccated Northwest

File photo (Courtesy of Washington Department of Natural Resources)
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Colville reservation fire consumes 34 square miles