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U.S. Army and Air National Guard units are fighting fires that continue to smolder in the Paradise Lake area of Butte County, Calif., as part of Campaign Lightning Strike, July 11, 2008.

SMOLDERING FIRES

U.S. Army and Air National Guard units are fighting fires that continue to smolder in the Paradise Lake area of Butte County, Calif., as part of Campaign Lightning Strike, July 11, 2008.

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