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New wildfire fighter: 'It's something we can't not do'

Firefighters on the fire line at the Blue Creek Fire, located east of Walla Walla, Wash. It began on July 20, 2015 and consumed an estimated 6,004 acres.
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Firefighters on the fire line at the Blue Creek Fire, located east of Walla Walla, Wash. It began on July 20, 2015 and consumed an estimated 6,004 acres.

Bill Radke speaks with Ben Hale, a new wildfire fighter with the Washington state Department of Natural Resources, about why he wanted to become a wildfire fighter. This will be Hale's first season fighting wildfires. 

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