Correlation of the amount of damage the fire does

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Question: Firefighters and fire damage. Someone says, "There is a strong positive correlation between the number of firefighters at a fire and the amount of damage the fire does. So sending lots of firefighters just causes more damage." Explain why this reasoning is wrong.

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