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A high-adrenaline job: 5 questions answered about fighting wildfires

  • Written by Michael Kodas, Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado
Firefighters hose down flames from an advancing wildfire July 28, 2018, in Redding, Calif. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Editor’s note: More than 1.2 million acres are currently burning across much of the West, Alaska and Florida. In California, the Carr Fire in Shasta County has scorched more than 100,000 acres, and the Ferguson Fire has drive...

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