How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires, raising the specter of even more destructive blazes across the American West, fired workers and officials warned.

How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

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