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Asking for Help Around the Country

In this aerial view from a drone, damaged homes are seen in a mobile home park that was destroyed by wildfires on September 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon.
In this aerial view from a drone, damaged homes are seen in a mobile home park that was destroyed by wildfires on September 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon. Photo: David Ryder (Getty Images)

On Thursday, Andrew Phelps, director of the Oregon Office for Emergency Management, said that the intense number of fires had “tapped out” the state’s resources and that it was reaching out to other emergency management agencies across the country for help. Phelps praised Oregon’s firefighters and emergency management community in a statement.

“Their efforts, stamina and response are nothing short of heroic,” he said.

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