re: New York' air quality plummets as Canada wildfires roar

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There were some instances where some fires called back fires were intentionally started in an attempt to contain larger fires. The purpose of that is to have those back fires consume combustible material in the area before the the larger fires get to them. It’s obviously not a foolproof practice.

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Nah, I'm not talking about back burning here. He was saying people think the government did it to manufacture a crisis.