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This photo taken by Talent, Ore., resident Kevin Jantzer shows the destruction of his hometown as wildfires ravaged the central Oregon town near Medford on Sept. 8, 2020. A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state, labeling nearly 80,000 properties as high-risk, generated so much pushback from angry homeowners that officials abruptly retracted it, saying they had not done enough local outreach before publicizing the ambitious project. (Kevin Jantzer via AP, File)

This photo taken by Talent, Ore., resident Kevin Jantzer shows the destruction of his hometown as wildfires ravaged the central Oregon town near Medford on Sept. 8, 2020. A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state, labeling nearly 80,000 properties as high-risk, generated so much pushback from angry homeowners that officials abruptly retracted it, saying they had not done enough local outreach before publicizing the ambitious project. (Kevin Jantzer via AP, File)

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