USAF Crews Help Fight Wyoming Fire

Jan. 27, 2006

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Firefighters from F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., and the Wyoming Air National Guard helped save homes and other structures from a quickly spreading grass fire earlier this week. According to the Associated Press news service, high winds fed the fire, which consumed 1,000 acres of grassland west of Cheyenne.

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