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The burned remains of the Royal Suite Lodge in Anchorage, Alaska, are shown Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, after an early morning fire. Officials said several were injured in the deadly fire. The fire's cause is under investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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The burned remains of the Royal Suite Lodge in Anchorage, Alaska, are shown Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, after an early morning fire. Officials said several were injured in the deadly fire. The fire's cause is under investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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FILE- In this Oct. 14, 2016, file photo, a rainbow arches over the Little Valley Fire, in Washoe Lake, Nev. An investigation into a prescribed burn that sparked a northern Nevada wildfire that destroyed 23 homes found several questionable practices on the part of the Nevada Division of Forestry, including understaffing despite an understanding that unstable weather conditions made for a potentially dangerous situation. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2016, file photo, a firefighter hoses down the area on Mount Rose Highway and Edmonton Drive in Reno, Nev. An investigation into a prescribed burn that sparked a northern Nevada wildfire that destroyed 23 homes found several questionable practices on the part of the Nevada Division of Forestry, including understaffing despite an understanding that unstable weather conditions made for a potentially dangerous situation.(Mike Higdon/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)
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Alexis Ramirez, center left, looks out the door of her home, which has been reinforced with sandbags, alongside her friend Kye Bruhn Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed and allowed people living downstream of the Oroville Dam to go back home Tuesday after ordering an evacuation Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Chantel Ramirez packs as she readies to evacuate Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed and allowed people living downstream of the Oroville Dam to go back home Tuesday after ordering an evacuation Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Matthew Prumm walks in his garden shortly before evacuating Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed and allowed people living downstream of the Oroville Dam to go back home Tuesday after ordering an evacuation Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Feb. 13, 2017, photo, rescue crews search the frigid waters of Conesus Lake in Livonia, N.Y., for two missing snowmobilers who are believed to have fallen through the ice. Not-so-frozen lakes have claimed the lives of several snowmobilers across the Northeast so far in a relatively mild winter. (Max Schulte/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
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Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth (30), from the Czech Republic, looks back as Calgary Flames left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) scores during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth (30), from the Czech Republic, looks away as Calgary Flames center Sam Bennett (93) celebrates a Flames goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Huston Street throws during spring baseball practice in Tempe, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Huston Street throws during spring baseball practice in Tempe, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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A helicopter carries sandbags in the direction of a damaged dam Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain Wednesday as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Graves are submerged in floodwaters in a cemetery downstream from a damaged dam Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain Wednesday as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Graves are submerged in floodwaters in a cemetery downstream from a damaged dam Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain Wednesday as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Graves are submerged in floodwaters at a cemetery downstream from a damaged dam Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain Wednesday as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Chicago Fire Department EMT's render first aid to shooting victim as police investigate a fatal shooting at 4400 W. Ogden Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Chicago. Police are examining dramatic video that captured the shooting that killed a toddler and a man authorities say was the intended target. (Eric Clark/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this June 24, 2013 file photo, fire-promoting beetle-killed trees mix with live trees as a wildfire burns west of Creede, Colo. Foresters say the number of standing dead trees in Colorado is increasing steadily, threatening to make wildfires worse and to degrade vital water supplies that flow from forested mountains. The Colorado State Forest Service said Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 that the state has an estimated 834 million standing dead trees, up nearly 30 percent from seven years ago. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2016 file photo, a member of the Baltimore Police Department walks past a car that was damaged by a school bus before the bus was involved in a fatal collision with a commuter bus in Baltimore. A jump in traffic fatalities last year pushed deaths on U.S. roads to their highest level in nearly a decade, erasing improvements made during the Great Recession and economic recovery, a leading safety organization said Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky. File)
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Benjamin Lopez, 12, walks past his friends room as he helps clean up after a storm destroyed the house Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Van Vleck, Texas. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and knocking out power southwest of Houston as part of a strong storm system that moved quickly across much of the state. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
