Photos: Federal units help fight western wildfires
Federal firefighters and National Guard units have been called in to help local firefighters battle the wildfires in the western U.S. Check out our photo gallery of...
A group of 100 firefighters from Montana and Idaho arrive at the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service headquarters at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska, Friday, June 19, 2015. The firefighters joined crews battling wildfires across the state.
(Sam Harrel, Alaska Department of Forestry via AP)
Dry conditions have made vast sections of the western U.S. susceptible to wildfires this summer. Federal firefighters and National Guard units have been called in to help local firefighters battle the blazes.
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