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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
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PUBLISHEDSep 16, 2026, 10:00 AM
What the source reports
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters – with especially…
Main source: The Guardian Environment
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