U.S. Army to help fight western wildfires

Washington: Approximately 200 member US military troop is being asked to assist firefighters who have been actively participating to suppress wildfires . They are intented to boost the ongoing fire extinguishing activities in the region. The National Inter-agency Fire Center (NIFC) has described the US military movement as the first such mobilization since 2006. NIFC said that it had requested the Pentagon to provide 200 ...