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Fire Prevention Costs and Grantham Mountain Inferno
In 1953 the U. S. Government spent 70 million dollars to prevent forest fires, yet 154 160 fires destroyed 9 975 000 acres of woodlands. Lightning and careless campers and motorists caused most blazes. spring and fall heighten risk in New England. James Q. Ricard battled a Grantham mountain fire for two weeks with bulldozers, back fires, and multiagency help, calling it a 50 alarm blaze.
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New England
James Q. Ricard
Canaan
New Hampshire
Grantham Mountain
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