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This wildfire season could be hotter, drier and pricer, Utah officials say
The 2026 wildfire season is shaping up to be not just hotter and drier but also more expensive after the cost of gasoline soared in the three months since the Iran war began. Usually, when state officials refer to “fuel” in wildland firefighting, they’re talking about grass, brush and trees at risk of burning in dry winds. And they warned about that too, on Wednesday, emphasizing that vegetation across the state dried out a month or more ahead of schedule. But Gov. Spencer Cox also called attention to the kind of fuel powering wildland firefighting engines. “We routinely have ...
