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How birds spark brush fires by touching electrical lines
DENVER — Flaming Bird Carcasses is going to be a great band name. For the third time this summer, birds on electrical lines have burst into flames, fallen to the ground and started a wildfire. Yet thousands of birds on electrical lines do not burst into flames, fall to the ground and start wildfires.
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