Meet Watch Duty: the nonprofit app crowdsourcing wildfire data in real time
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When the Walbridge fire ripped through northwest Sonoma County last year, Mills’ home was threatened, and he spent hours each day checking for updates on Facebook and Twitter, which were exploding with messages from concerned homeowners just like himself.

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