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Austin Fire: Be prepared for summer wildfire season
AUSTIN, Texas — Central Texas is facing the summer wildfire season. The Austin Fire Department said a rainy spring and early summer created a lot of vegetation. Battalion Chief Josh Portie said the brush overgrowth from the rain has increased fire risk. “We’re already starting to see an increase and the occurrence of grass fires and brush fires,” said Portie. We are at a moderate fire risk now. “With that, we’ve already started staffing rehab…
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