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Western forest fires wearing out workers
ENTIAT Washington AP The toll of endless days fighting fires shows on Kent s face as he recalls clearing trees around a burned house in the Tyee Creek firestorm The boy and his family lived there He was cold and tired and asked about his dog Brown had worked 12 days straight Firefighters endure 16 hour shifts for 14 straight days then a day off After 21 days they become worn emotionally The Tyee Creek blaze had 119000 acres burned with 76 percent contained Firefighters faced cooler temps after two months without rain The region saw 37 houses and one other building destroyed statewide Since July major fires burned in eight states totaling 326000 acres The national total this year reached 2.1 million acres with thousands of fires statewide Dozens burned in western Montana and over 3000 lightning strikes hit northern Idaho and Montana