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Taxpayers might pay millions more to fight wildfires as jet fuel skyrockets

The Iran war has nearly doubled jet fuel prices in the United States. That means the bill for firefighting aircraft operations this summer will likely rise by tens of millions of dollars.

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Austin Amestoy