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Less severe forest fires can reduce intensity of future blazes

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Low- and moderate-severity forest wildfires can reduce the intensity of future fires, according to new research by the University of California, Davis .

The extent of reduced severity of these second fires, or reburns, varies by climate, forest type and other factors.

The researchers used satellite remote sensing to study more than 700 reburn fires over the past 50 years throughout the western U.S ..

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