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Study: beetle-kill pine needles burn 3 times faster

Dead, red lodgepole pine needles in beetle-infested forests will ignite three times faster than green, living needles according to a recent study that set out to document the flammability of lodgepole pine needles during different stages of pine-beetle attack.

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February 17, 2012