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Understaffed And Overworked: Firefighters Exhausted By Severe California Fires

Los Angeles City firefighters Omar Velasquez (center), sleeps as Cory Darrigo (left), and Sam Quan rest in the backyard of home they were protecting after fighting the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 9, in Westlake Village, Calif. (Getty Images)
Los Angeles City firefighters Omar Velasquez (center), sleeps as Cory Darrigo (left), and Sam Quan rest in the backyard of home they were protecting after fighting the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 9, in Westlake Village, Calif. (Getty Images)

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