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Richard Strange, a firefighter from the Hot Shots, a specialized team of firefighters from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., looks out at his worksite in the Peregrine neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012. His team cut a fire line there to help battle several fires in Waldo Canyon, where flames have claimed 18,500 acres and burned more than 300 homes.

'HOT SHOT'

Richard Strange, a firefighter from the Hot Shots, a specialized team of firefighters from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., looks out at his worksite in the Peregrine neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012. His team cut a fire line there to help battle several fires in Waldo Canyon, where flames have claimed 18,500 acres and burned more than 300 homes.

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