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Guard Troops, Dozens Of Aircraft Deployed To Fight West Coast Wildfires

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Guard Troops, Dozens Of Aircraft Deployed To Fight West Coast Wildfires
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the California Army National Guard hovers above Lake Pardee in Ione, California, collecting water in a bucket, April 14, 2018, during wildland firefighting training, a cooperative mission between Cal Guard and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

At least 1,500 National Guard troops with more than two-dozen aircraft have deployed to fight the wildfires raging through Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.The largest of several wildfire burning in California, the Mendocino Complex fire, has charred more than 300,000 acres, or 469 square miles, an area similar in size the Los Angeles, according to the state Department of Forestry. As of Wednesday, that fire is less than 50 percent contained.More than 1,000 Army and Air National Guard troops…

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