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March 11, 2008

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Seven firefighters killed in Honduras forest fire

Reuters

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Seven firefighters died in Honduras on Sunday overwhelmed by a raging forest blaze on the outskirts of the capital, the military said.

The firefighters, four soldiers and three forestry workers, were part of a 200-strong team been battling to contain the fire on a mountainside close to Tegucigalpa since Friday.

They were working to put out the fire and suddenly there was a change of wind direction and they were engulfed by flames, Gen. Orlando Vasquez told local radio.

Full story: Forest blaze kills seven firefighters in Honduras



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