8/20/2026
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Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says

Filed by Deacon Rift
Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says
Millions of phones across England and Wales bleeped with a "severe alert" notification on Friday.
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