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  "title": "Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/extreme-heat-is-taking-a-toll-on-firefighters-as-wildfires-stretch-3766299",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T15:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-extreme-toll-firefighters-wildfires-crews.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don't think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day's shift or have enough energy left for another day on the fireline. They simply expect firefighters to show up.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation",
        "title": "Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/extreme-heat-is-taking-a-toll-on-firefighters-as-wildfires-stretch",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:04:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}