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Spencer Cox: “Utah's experience already 115 wildfires well ahead of…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to media at monthly news conference

Published | Video Starts at 06:07

And the reality is that most of these fires are not caused by lightning or natural events, but the vast majority are caused by human activity. So so far this year, Utah's experience already 115 wildfires well ahead of normal. More than 84% of those were human caused. That means that the vast majority of these fires are preventable. And we often say that the fire sense is common sense. (06:07–06:13)

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Asserts that Utah has experienced 115 wildfires, which is ahead of the normal count.

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