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🇺🇸 Nevada
Whirlwind Fire
Discovered Aug 8, 2019 · Great Basin
🕐 Started …
Acres Burned
603
Containment
100%
Location
Nevada
Discovered
Aug 8, 2019
Structures
—
Casualties
—
Containment progress
100%
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Aug 8, 2019
Fire ignites
— Whirlwind discovered.
Final
100% contained
at 603 acres. Recovery operations begin.
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