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Warfield Red Cross volunteer returns from Hawaii wildfires
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — When a disaster occurs anywhere in the United States, American Red Cross volunteer teams deploy to begin arranging temporary housing and meeting other needs such as food and clothing. A Martin County volunteer returned Thursday from a three-week deployment to Hawaii, where wildfires destroyed 2,500 acres and 2,200…
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Precaution cannot be clearer
To the Editor: As firefighters work to contain an escalating wildfire in Natural Bridge State Park, we should remember that it’s not just human lives and homes that are threatened. Deer, bears, birds, fish, reptiles and other animals are killed or displaced by wildfires, too. The impacts are also immediate, debilitating and often life-threatening: Thick…