Sarah Messier, a new firefighter with the Oregon Department of Forestry, describes being close to a fire for the first time as part of fire school training. Messier and her fellow hand crew members had to put out a slash pile practice fire on June 29, 2018, near Sweet Home. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]

<p>Sarah Messier, a new firefighter with the Oregon Department of Forestry, describes being close to a fire for the first time as part of fire school training. Messier and her fellow hand crew members had to put out a slash pile practice fire on June 29, 2018, near Sweet Home. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]</p>

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