Gallery: Fiery Photos From the Front Lines of America's Biggest Blazes

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    *Flaming front on Eureka Basin fire.*
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    *Mike King from the Flathead Hotshot crew as a division supervisor on the Eureka Basin fire.*
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    *Wyoming, 2012.*
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    *Shaun Zenner, who currently works for the Lolo Interagency Hotshot crew, burning out a critical piece of line on the Eureka Basin Fire.*
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    *Lead sawyer on the West Mullan Fire.*
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    *Morning walk to work on the West Mullan Fire.*
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    *Eureka Basin Fire sunset.*
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    *Crew members rehabbing line on the West Mullan Fire.*
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    *Eureka Basin Fire with the wind on it.*
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    *Evening recon flight.*
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