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Smoke from the Wildland-Urban Interface is a more fatal fire than a remote wildfire, research finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Smoke from fires that burn the Wildland-urban Interface (WUI) has far greater health effects than smoke from remote wildfires, new research finds. The study, published in Science Advances, estimates Wui fire emissions are about three times more likely to lead to early deaths per year than typical wildfire emissions. This is because fires and associated emissions…