Forest fire fighters from Vt., N.H. head to Alaska
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Times Argus Staff
The Associated Press - Published: August 5, 2009
RUTLAND — Firefighters from the Green and White Mountain National Forests and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation are headed to Alaska to fight wildfires there.
The Forest Service says that state Forests and Parks crew leader Neil Monteith and seven employees from the Green Mountain Forest left on Monday. They were joined by firefighters from the White Mountain National Forest. They are on their way to Fairbanks with four other crews from the Northeast.
So far this year fire officials in Alaska say 477 fires have burned more than 3,400 square miles. In the same period last year, 335 fires had burned 142 square miles.
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