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Wildfire-fighting plane is shut down as fire season begins

by Patty Nieberg
| April 23, 2021 5:03 PM

DENVER (AP) — The world’s largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as Western states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear could be worse than the average year.

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