Inmates are risking their lives to fight California’s raging fires.

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By Kate YoderDec 7, 2017, 5:02 pm208 pts
As wildfires tear through the greater Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of homes, officials have warned nearly 200,000 people to evacuate. Thousands of firefighters have arrived on the scene — many of them inmates, who make up about a third of the state’s wildfire-fighting force. Since the 1940s,…

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