WILDFIRES: Forest Service set to resume night fire flights

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BY BEN GOAD

WASHINGTON — After a 30-year hiatus, the U.S. Forest Service is set to restart its nighttime aerial firefighting program to attack out-of-control blazes in Southern California.

The move, announced Thursday, Aug. 16, comes at the urging of California lawmakers, and as fire crews continued to fight flames in Riverside …

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