Wildland firefighters are regularly exposed to carcinogens. Two-thirds of firefighters die from job-related cancer, according to the International Association of Firefighters.
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LA firefighters put out massive blazes. Now they worry that cancer might be smoldering inside them
Pacific Palisades was burning to ash. “As far as the eye could see, homes were on fire, everywhere,” said firefighter Joseph Field, 50, who’s been with the Los Angeles Fire Department for more than 25 years. “Nothing I’ve ever seen was like it was that night.”
