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Monday's Fire Coverage

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"I'm just glad to have this job, I like it," said Ian McMahon of Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression Incorporated hand crew out of Chico. McMahaon sits in the crew bus Monday, watching Black Haw Down, resting from a 16 hour shift fighting the Shasta Bally fire in the Whiskeytown complex.
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Ian McMahon, from left, James Aurentz, and Joe Denton of Firestorm Suppression hand crew out of Chico relax Monday afternoon at N.E.E.D. camp at Whiskeytown.
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"I'm just glad to have this job, I like it," said Ian McMahon of Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression Incorporated hand crew out of Chico. McMahaon sits in the crew bus Monday, watching Black Haw Down, with Joe Denton, right, resting from a 16 hour shift fighting the Shasta Bally fire in the Whiskeytown complex.
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Battalion Chief, Terry Stinson, from left, Safety Liaison Ray Gomez, Battalion Chief Chris Cox, and Division Chief Kevin Turner, all of California Fire Department from different areas throughout the state, walk from the helicopter at Benton AIrpark after a reconnaissance flight of the Motion Fire, to assess where and how they can best contain the fire.
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The Motion Fire as seen from the Shasta Dam overlook on Monday.
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South Placer firefighters, Andrew Estrada, from left, captain Monty Ellis, engineer Joe Stephens and Darrin Mayo discuss their plans to head home from Redding. The crew had just finished their 24 hour shift on the Motion Fire and was at a Redding motel. They had been fighting fires in our area for six days.
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