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Mar Wall – I rappelled four firefighters into a lightning fire near Lake Wenatchee, WA. (2016)

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Firefighters rappel down to fight a lightning fire Mar Wall – I rappelled four firefighters into a lightning fire near Lake Wenatchee, WA. (2016) See also National Park Trail in Deadly 2016 Tennessee Fire to Reopen

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