Show Forest Fires Cause Heavy Loss Washington ton July 6 With 6 With the opening op ening of the season of fire danger on most of the national forests the forest forest forest for for- est service is sending broadcast a warning that more than half of the forest orest fires in the United States are due lue due to car carelessness or other preventable preventable prevent prevent- able causes starting from campers campers railroad locomotives brush burning incendiaries and sawmills sa Th This statement is edon-an edon anal ysis of statistics compiled from the forest orest fire records of the last season when more than fires were reported reported re reo ported on national forests alone and approximately on state and private holdings in the eighteen states which received federal cooperation in fire Ire protection under the Weeks law Forest fires destroy millions of dollars dollars' dollars dollars' dol- dol lars lars' worth of prope property ty every year and in some in-some some years cause considerable loss oss of life It has been estimated from rom t. t the e best information obtainable that hat forest fires last year burned over an area of approximately acres w with th a total loss of at least |