Gallery: Photos: On the Ground at the Start of Fire Season

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    *A member of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, watches as flames take off during a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Brandon Bunch, right, a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, listens to instructions before helping with a burnout operation on the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, look at a map of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew refuel their drip torches before continuing with a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *A tree goes up in flames as Dan Matthews with the Prescott, Arizona Hotshot crew keeps watch over a section of burnout that was meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Brandon Bunch, a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona, waits to refuel his drip torch before continuing with a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew watch as a whole hill goes up in flames during a burnout operation meant to contain part of the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *The Granite Mountain Hotshot crew from Prescott, Arizona scouts a piece of terrain before starting a burnout operation that was meant to help contain the Whitewater-Baldy fire, which is now the largest fire in New Mexico history.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Dan Matthews with the Prescott, Arizona Hotshot crew keeps watch over a section of burnout that was meant to help contain the Whitewater-Baldy fire on May 31. The fire is now the largest ever in New Mexico history.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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    *Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew.* *Photo: Jakob Schiller*
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