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Thursday, June 28, 2012
A fire crews works patiently to extinguish hay bales that were smoldering behind property lost to the Last Chance Fire at the intersection of Highway 71 and Highway 36 in Last Chance, Colo., Tuesday morning, June 26, 2012. Colorado has endured nearly a week of 100-plus-degree days and low humidity, sapping moisture from timber and grass, creating a devastating formula for volatile wildfires across the state and punishing conditions for firefighters.
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