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A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lifts a 420-gallon extinguishing trough from a local reservoir near the wildfires in San Diego County, Calif., on Oct. 23, 2007. The trough is used to dump water to help put out or control the fires that have already forced more than a million people from their homes.

A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lifts a 420-gallon extinguishing trough.

A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lifts a 420-gallon extinguishing trough from a local reservoir near the wildfires in San Diego County, Calif., on Oct. 23, 2007. The trough is used to dump water to help put out or control the fires that have already forced more than a million people from their homes.

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