Chris Loung, left, and Nathan Ogan cut a fire line while helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. "After the sawyers go through and cut down all the saplings or limb up trees or take down bushes, we have to get all the stuff on the ground and take it down to dirt, just bare minerals," Loung said.

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