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Aircraft struck by bullet while battling wildland fire in northern Minnesota (www.fox9.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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"Battle" is usually meant figuratively when fighting wildfires.

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[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 minutes ago (1 children)

https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/trumps-raking-the-forest-comment-lights-up-social-media

"I was with the president of Finland, and he said: 'We have a much different [sic]..., we're a forest nation.' And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don't have any problem," he added.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

What's worse is the thought that forests can't take care of themselves absent human involvement. These huge fires are because humans artificially prevented the natural cycle of fires for more than a century. Now with so much built up overgrowth, it is out of control.