When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'

Wildland firefighters are grieving amid an especially intense wildfire season, NPR reports, as deaths and close calls on the fire lines mount. Those losses are straining an already stretched workforce and reviving hard questions about the policies and priorities guiding how fires get fought.

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