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The loud whir of helicopter rotors is almost constant at the Aspen Acres fire dip site located in a huge grassy meadow near Beulah. A handful of the nimble but noisy firefighting aircraft make laps in rapid succession, first picking water up and then taking it to help quench hot…
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