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Firefighters Face Attacks, Drones and Arsonists While Battling Deadly Blazes in Chile
FLORIDA, Chile (AP) -- Firefighters and security forces battling blazes in Chile that have killed at least 21 people and ravaged swaths of forest this week faced other dangers, too, from attempted attacks to the threat of drone collisions.
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Local firefighters confront cancer risks from on-the-job exposures
Matt Frank, a lieutenant at the Tacoma Fire Department, has spent over half of his life in the fire service.
It's because of that work, he says, that he's contracted cancer twice, a disease that's becoming all too common for firefighters.