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Photos of the Week for August 30, 2013

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    Just hours before firefighters from throughout northeast Pennsylvania were set to arrive for a major celebration in the borough Saturday, flames destroyed the aerial truck parked inside Washington Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and caused heavy damage to the station. Full story (Image YouTube)

    AP Photo/Las Vegas Fire and Rescue

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    Police officers and firefighters secure the scene of a small plane crash on a field near Froendenberg, north western Germany, Tuesday. Authorities say four adults and one child were killed in the crash and three other children were injured. (AP Photo/dpa, Marcus Simaitis)

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    Firefighter Troy Drouin takes a short break before mopping up hot spots near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Wednesday. The giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park is 23 percent contained, U.S. fire officials said Wednesday. Full story (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    AP Photo/John Javellana

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    Indian rescuers carry the body of a victim they pulled out after two adjacent apartment buildings collapsed at Vadodara in Gujarat state, India, Wednesday. At least eight people were killed and at least a dozen people were trapped in the debris, police said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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    Firefighters and law enforcement officials investigate the aftermath of a residential fire on Thursday, in New York’s Brooklyn borough. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

    AP Photo/Matt Rourke

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    Three Portuguese firefighters have died so far trying to extinguish a wildfire near Caramulo, north Portugal. Full story (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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