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INFERNO Firefighters light a backfire to stop the Dixie Fire from spreading near Prattville in Plumas County, California on July 23, 2021. Massive wildfires have been battling parts of the United States and Canada for almost three weeks now. AP FILE PHOTO
INFERNO Firefighters light a backfire to stop the Dixie Fire from spreading near Prattville in Plumas County, California on July 23, 2021. Massive wildfires have been battling parts of the United States and Canada for almost three weeks now. AP FILE PHOTO

BOGOR: The number of severe wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in the coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction of such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN warned.

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