As deadly wildfires rage in the Western states, 13 Maine firefighters have been dispatched to Washington, Oregon and Idaho, where wildfires already have blackened more than 1,000 square miles, or an area bigger than Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties combined. “Everything is on fire, it seems like,” said Michael Latti, 20, a Unity College student who is part of the fire crew in Washington.

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