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USFS: More homes would have been destroyed by Caldor Fire without wildfire mitigation efforts

Pollock Pines was under threat and had to evacuate due to the Caldor Fire. The wildfire burned for nearly 70 days. Thousands of fires were saved, in part, due to work done ten years before, according to the USFS.
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