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Seattle Now: How to fight a wildfire

caption: The scorched remains of a yard in the Warm Springs Canyon neighborhood of Wenatchee. Fire breaks like rocks and fire-resistant plants saved many homes in the area from the Red Apple Fire.
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The scorched remains of a yard in the Warm Springs Canyon neighborhood of Wenatchee. Fire breaks like rocks and fire-resistant plants saved many homes in the area from the Red Apple Fire.
KUOW Photo / Matt Martin

We all see the news stories and experience the smoke of wildfires up and down the West coast. But what does it actually take to stop one of those blazes? Today we find out.



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