ALPINE, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Over 1,000 wildfires have burned in Utah this fire season. The price tag for fighting them: $50 million. The state will have to come up with $21 million of the $50 million, but the state doesn't know where those funds are.

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johnh321 - 8/20/2012 1:52 PM

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Why don't the people who are responsible for the fires help pay the cost of fighting them. Perhaps Patterson should be required to pay something toward the cost of fighting the Quail fire.

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