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Gov. Jared Polis Redirects Funds To Help Colorado Fight Wildfires This Season

DENVER (CBS4)- As wildfire season gets underway in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis is taking action to prepare.

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He signed an executive order directing funds from the Disaster Emergency Fund to the Wildfire Emergency Response Fund.

The executive order redirecting funds will help crews mobilize and fight fires faster.

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- See images from the most destructive wildfires (Black Forest, Waldo Canyon, High Park and Fourmile), the deadliest (Storm King) and largest wildfire (Hayman) in Colorado history.

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