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Not “Wildfires,” but “Climate Fires.”

Firefighters Kyle Parker (L), Battalion Chief Bob Horst (C) and Sam Hochstatter from the Grant County Fire Department work to secure the fire line on the Cold Springs Fire on September 10, 2020 in Omak, Washington.
Firefighters Kyle Parker (L), Battalion Chief Bob Horst (C) and Sam Hochstatter from the Grant County Fire Department work to secure the fire line on the Cold Springs Fire on September 10, 2020 in Omak, Washington. Photo: Karen Ducey (Getty Images)

In Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee stated that the wildfires decimating the West Coast should be called “climate fires.” About 890 square miles of land burned in Washington in the past five days, Inslee said, per the AP. The crisis is one of the state’s worst incidents on record.

“This is not an act of God,” Inslee said. “This has happened because we have changed the climate of the state of Washington in dramatic ways.”

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