Experts are warning that Washington State will be extra vulnerable to wildfire this year thanks to a combination of a dry spring season and buildup of fuels over last summer’s relatively quiet fire season.

To mitigate the damage of catastrophic fires, some researchers are pushing beyond stopping fires to stopping people from living in their destructive paths.

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