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Pop-up cities help house firefighters battling Western wildfires

KVNF - Mountain Grown Community Radio | By Brody Wilson

Published July 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM MDT

Across Western states tent cities are popping up to house, feed and care for thousands of wildland firefighters staffing nearby fires.

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