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Show Forest Fires Ruined 43Million 43 43Million Million Acres in 1933WashingtonFires 1933 1933Washington WashIngtonIlres Washington-Fires Washington Fires Washington -Ilres Ilres - Fires in unprotected unprotectedforest unprotectedforest unprotectedforest forest areas nreas of the United States last lastyear lastyear lastyear I lastI year were 20 times as ae ; damaging 8S as asblazes asblazes blazes in protectedttectlons protectedocetions protected sections ttectlons ocetions , according accordingto I Iblazes to figures compiled by the tbe AgrIculture AgrIculturedepartment's Agriculturedepartment's Agriculturedepartment's Agriculturedepartments department's departments ' forest serviceIn E"ervlceIn " service E"ervlce Eervlce serviceIn In all nIl , fire swept 13 13889,320 13889320 88D,320 88D320 850,320 850320 , acres acresof acresof acresof of the nation's nations ' timberland [ In n 1933 Of Oftbls Oftbls Ofthis tbls area nrea , 40,1GG 401GG 40,106 40106 40.1G6000 401G6000 , . , 000 900 acres was forest forestland forestland forestland land devoid of protection , and 3,722,020 3722020 3,722,020'lcres 3,722,0 37220 3,722,020icres 3722020icres , , 10 10acres 'lcres lcres acres ' wis W'1S W1S was ' land under protection . . Approximately 20 2079 79 per cent of thecountry's the thecountry's thecountry's thecountrys country's countrys ' unprotected unprotectecl forests were wereburned wereburned wereburned burned , while the toll toU on protected protectedland protectedland protectedland land was 109 per cont cC'nt cCnt ' . All AU national forests are nre under Bya sys Byatemlltlc systematic systematic temlltlc tematic fire protection plotection The forest forestservIce forestservice forestservice servIce estimated that tbat 533,579,240 533579240 l533,579,240 l533579240 , , acres acresneed acresneed acresneed need piotectlon plotectlon protection protectionProperty plotectlonProperty piotectlonProperty Property damage from forest fires firesIn firesin firesIn In 1033 1933 w , wag \ as estimated at nt $ GO274 G0274 GO2740GOcompired ; ? UGO 900 , comp'lred complred compared ' v . with Ith a fiveyear five year average of of$62 of62 $62 62 $ 831,423 831423 831,4"3 83143 , " . Mississippi , . with v.lth vlth 22,360 22360 22,366 22366 , fires , led the thesta thestates thestates sta states tes |