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U.S. Marines assigned to aircraft rescue and firefighting units work together to put out a fire at the air station burn pit during a training fire exercise on Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C., Sept. 21, 2010. Their gear protects them from flames that reach 1200 degrees.

BURN PIT

U.S. Marines assigned to aircraft rescue and firefighting units work together to put out a fire at the air station burn pit during a training fire exercise on Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C., Sept. 21, 2010. Their gear protects them from flames that reach 1200 degrees.

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