{
  "id": 7764639,
  "title": "‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/were-near-a-breaking-point-firefighters-say-us-government-is-failing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T10:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/wildfires-government-firefighter-shortage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous. While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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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."
}