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Flu, Exhausted Firefighters Battle Marble Cone Blaze
About 50 flu cases among 4,400 firefighters battling California's Marble Cone fire, which has burned 158,000 acres with 90 percent containment. Firefighters report fatigue after 18 days on the line, plus injuries and other illnesses as 430,000 acres burned statewide and costs exceed $2 million. Bear Trap and Bonita Flat fires in Sequoia are mentioned.
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Fred ES Sorri
Monterey Penin‘Sula Community Hospital
Carmel
U.S. Forest Service
Ken Thysell
Carmel Valley
Thysell
Sedge Thompson
Forest Service
San Francisco
Low Moran
State Department of Forestry
Salmon River
Klamath National Forest
Humboldt-Siskyou
Dotty Liles
California Department of Forestry
Sequoia National Forest
Sequoia
Bonita Flat