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A canadair firefighter airplane flies at dusk over the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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FILE- In this Sunday, June 18, 2017, file photo, Portuguese firefighters work to stop a forest fire from reaching the village of Figueiro dos Vinhos in central Portugal. Portuguese lawmakers agreed Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on new measures to help contain the fires that race through the country's forests each summer, after one wildfire last month that killed 64 people. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, file)
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Burnt trees are pictured in the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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Burnt trees are pictured in the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, staffers of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District check equipment in Clovis, Calif., at one of several stations used to monitor the air quality. The vast San Joaquin Valley in California, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. The poor air quality is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production near Bakersfield, two major highways, a web of rail lines and the valley's bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, equipment operated by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District checks air quality in Clovis, Calif., at one of several stations used by the district. The vast San Joaquin Valley in California, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. The poor air quality is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production near Bakersfield, two major highways, a web of rail lines and the valley's bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this June 8, 2017 photo, oil derricks are busy pumping as the moon rises near the La Paloma Generating Station in McKittrick, Calif. California’s vast San Joaquin Valley, the country’s most productive farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation’s dirtiest skies, forcing the state’s largest air district to spend more than $40 billion in the past quarter-century to enforce hundreds of stringent pollution rules. Its bad air is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production, two major highways, a web of rail lines - and the valley’s bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
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In this April 3, 2017 photo, dairy cows stand in a pen in Fresno County, Calif. California's vast San Joaquin Valley, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. Its bad air is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production, two major highways, a web of rail lines - and the valley’s bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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This Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo shows Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church in Carefree, Ariz., where Maria Raya-Garcia and her husband Hector Miguel Garnica worshipped and had their children baptized. Tragedy has left a hole in the Arizona community after the close-knit family and several extended family members were lost in a flash flood in a rocky canyon north of Phoenix while celebrating Raya-Garcia's birthday on Saturday, July 15. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Hector Garnica worked at the Horny Toad, a restaurant in Cave Creek, Ariz., on and off for eight years. Garnica remains missing Wednesday, July 19, 2017, while his wife and three children were some of nine family members confirmed dead when a flash flood ravaged a river in Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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This Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo, shows El Encanto Mexican restaurant where Maria Raya-Garcia worked as a prep cook in Cave Creek, Ariz. Tragedy has left a hole in the Arizona community after Raya-Garcia, along with her husband and the couple's children as well as several other family members were lost in a flash flood in a rocky canyon north of Phoenix while celebrating Raya-Garcia's birthday on Saturday, July 15. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as firefighters work to halt the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as a firefighter works to halt the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as a firefighter works to halt the Detwiler wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. As wildfires rage throughout the western U.S., one California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence as the Detwiler fire burns near Mariposa, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Evacuees Don and Jodi Roark, who are unsure if their Bear Valley house is still standing, rest outside a Red Cross center for Detwiler fire evacuees in Oakhurst, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Melted lawn chairs rest outside a residence leveled by the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A burned structure stands atop a hill on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. According to fire officials, the blaze has scorched thousands of acres and destroyed multiple structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
