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This Jan. 8, 2018, file photo shows standing rain water pools where a Fountaingrove neighborhood home once stood in Santa Rosa, Calif. Wildfires that have long shaped the landscape of the U.S. West are getting bigger and burning longer – bringing more choking smoke, deadly mudslides and habitat loss. Whether sparked by lightning or humans, fire has long been a force shaping the landscape of the U.S. West. (Eric Risberg/AP, File)

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Wildfires in the U.S. have charred more than 10,000 square miles so far this year, an area larger than the state of Maryland, with large fires still burning in every Western state including many that are not fully contained.

By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press September 3, 2018