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Fires used to terrify city residents—new research suggests climate change could revive this fear

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New research finds climate change will make large city fires more likely.

Researchers gathered a decade 's worth of data on fires from 3,000 cities in 20 nations.

They found for every 1C increase in air temperature, outdoor fires increase 4.7% and vehicle fires 2.5% .

New Zealand looks likely to have the highest increase in fires, soaring 140% by 2100 .

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