"The fires are outpacing the resources": Western wildfires take toll on firefighters
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The dozens of wildfires burning in the West aren't just causing extensive damage, they're also taking a toll on the thousands of firefighters battling the blazes.
"It really doesn't ever end," firefighter Zachary Resnick said. "The fires are outpacing the resources, period. And it's just a snowballing effect and it's July — not even August or September yet — so what are we going to do when we're stretched so thin?" Resnick said his hotshot crew used to get a break fighting wildfires from late November to late spring. Now, they're on duty nearly year-round.More Related News
