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Red Hot
Firefighters may start small fires to stop bigger ones. Small fires burn dead plants and brush that provide fuel for big blazes. Firefighters started this blaze in South Dakota.
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Air Strike
To fight big blazes, firefighters often take to the skies. This plane is dropping chemicals on a fire in Idaho. The chemicals stop the fire by taking away oxygen.
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Risky Business
Summer and fall are busy times for wildfires. That's when thousands of firefighters go to work. Fighting wildfires is a dangerous job. This firefighter is at work in Montana.
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