Exhausted firefighters sing together after a 14-hour shift battling wildfires in Oregon

  • Source: CNN
  • Published: 09/17/2020 12:00 AM

VIDEO: Sprawled on a smoky street, a crew of Oregon firefighters belted out a song after a long day fighting fires. Take me out to the fire. Take me out to the line. Bring me some sawyers and hazel hoes. I don't care if I ever get home. The Grizzly Firefighters from The Dalles, Oregon, had just wrapped a 14-hour day of battling the Lionshead Fire on Monday near the community of Detroit, said crew boss Theodore Hiner. Even after a grueling day, Hiner said his crew still made him laugh, he wrote on Facebook. They spent the day "cutting line," or building a perimeter of mineral soil to keep the fire from spreading, he said. Yet they still had enough spirit to come up with a parody of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" using firefighting terms for lyrics. For those not in the know, a hazel hoe is used to trench and clear the area, while a sawyer is a person trained to down limbs and trees during wildfires.



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