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Protecting Paradise -- Fighting the Butte Complex

 As dusk gathered on the afternoon of July 8, weary CAL FIRE personnel joined up with local firefighters from the Bay Area to dig in for a long siege to protect the town of Paradise.

To meet the fire on their terms, firefighters set backfires as bulldozers cut a protective path and hand crews cleared away ground foliage.

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  • Coming off the lines

  • Heading out from base

  • Late afternoon aerial ops

  • On the lines w/CAL FIRE

  • At the Concow Fire

  • CAL FIRE dozer at work

  • Another long night ahead

  • Backfires near Concow

  • Fremont FF works the lines

  • Alameda Co. FF in action

  • Stopping the flames

  • Hand crews at work