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Wildfire threat becomes tool to fight home builders

FILE - Dick Marsala looks through debris from his destroyed home after a wildfire roared through the Rancho Monserate Country Club, Dec. 8, 2017, in Bonsall, Calif. Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan housing developments near fire-prone areas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) FILE - Firefighters watch as smoke rises from a wildfire in Fallbrook, northern San Diego County, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan housing developments near fire-prone areas. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) FILE - A helicopter drops water over a wildfire, Dec. 7, 2017, in Bonsall, Calif., that forced evacuations. Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan housing developments near fire-prone areas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) FILE - Fire crews prepare to defend a home as a wildfire advances Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Bonsall, Calif. Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan housing developments near fire-prone areas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)