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Nevada agency testing hoist system for helicopter rescues

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2016, file photo, a firefighter hoses down the area on Mount Rose Highway and Edmonton Drive in Reno, Nev. An investigation into a prescribed burn that sparked a northern Nevada wildfire that destroyed 23 homes found several questionable practices on the part of the Nevada Division of Forestry, including understaffing despite an understanding that unstable weather conditions made for a potentially dangerous situation.(Mike Higdon/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Probe: State cut staff for prescribed burn turned wildfire

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press