WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 021115

United States

California

(1) With a USDA report showing that at least 28,000 fires occur each year in the US due to hot metal hazards, some of them wildfires like 2007's Witch Creek in San Diego County, scientists are exploring the phenomenon
How hot metal shards cast off by infrastructure ignite wildfires

Oregon

(2) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Katie Lighthall, Western Regional Coordinator for the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, sent along an invitation to sign up for their February newsletter
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