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August 16, 2018

After fires are put out, land repair crews roll in

  • Teams with heavy equipment start repairs as soon as the ground cools off — a massive but overlooked part of firefighting.
    • By JONATHAN J. COOPER
    Associated Press

    LAKEPORT, Calif. — Jack Hattendorf steers his road grader back and forth across a dirt path cutting through blackened earth.

    With each pass, he smooths and tamps down the soil to remake a dirt road that fire crews tore apart days earlier to stop flames that would become part of the largest wildfire on record in California.


     
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