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Investigators have ruled out all but two possible causes of the July 13 fire at a Fall River assisted living facility that killed 10 residents and injured nearly three dozen residents and firefighters.

More than a dozen local fire departments responded, including Sandwich, Bourne, Harwich, Onset, and Wareham. Fire officials activated a Plymouth County forest fire task force, bringing brush-breaker trucks from off the Cape as well.

Already this year, 110 wildfires on the Cape have burned about 20 acres total, but that relatively small number is largely thanks to the efforts of local fire departments. About a half dozen fires have burned from Falmouth to Brewster in the first half of August, alone.

Fiberglass, resins and fuels went up in flames, making air and water quality a serious concern to Mattapoisett Fire Chief Andrew Murray.

Nearly 200 people streamed into a public forum Tuesday night at Falmouth Public High School, where town officials explained their decision to shut down…

Scientists from the Woods Hole Research Center and IPAM-Amazonia say the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by fires burning in the…