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Hundreds of firefighters brace for Arizona’s wildfire season

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By Janna Rowell

Monday, March 5, 2012
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As spring nears, the heat is on its way along with the start of wildfire season. More than 200 firefighters gathered in Picacho for training focused on building fire shelters and teamwork. Just last year the state's largest recorded wildfire burned more than 530,000 acres. Cronkite News reporter Janna Rowell has more.

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