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"  The Threat: Millions of acres of the U.S. burn every year Where: Sunbelt states and Alaska When: June to September  Don&amp;#039;t confuse a house fire with a wildland fire that&amp;#039;s about to overrun your house. If you didn&amp;#039;t evacuate earlier\u2014and you probably should have\u2014your house is where you make your final stand. Shutting your windows against flying embers is an obvious step, but just as important is to open the fireplace damper to ventilate deadly gas and smoke that will precede the fire.  Make sure to shut off gas or propane lines, but stop there. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t shut off the water\u2014we can use that\u2014and don&amp;#039;t shut off the electricity,&amp;quot; says Fred Stowers, a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, who helped combat last year&amp;#039;s 160,000-acre Station Fire. &amp;quot;Turn lights on so we can see inside and tell the difference between things like drifting smoke and roaring flames.&amp;quot;  (Illustration by Merce Iglesias) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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