3 Firefighters Hospitalized With Injuries From Battling Wildfire In California

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The Dolan Fire, pictured Aug. 22, has burned more than 37,000 acres along the central California coast. On Tuesday, more than a dozen firefighters battling the blaze deployed portable fire shelters, and three were hospitalized with injuries.





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Multiple large fires are lashing the state amid a wildfire season that is proving particularly destructive.

As of Tuesday, according to CAL Fire, there are 14,000 firefighters battling 25 wildfires that have collectively burned more than 1.8 million acres of land.

• Dolan Fire


• California wildfires


• firefighters


• U.S. Forest Service