Navajo firefighters help at Wallow Fire
Navajo female camp crew, Wallow Fire 1 and Navajo fighters (L to R) Apache County Sheriff Joseph Dedman Jr. and President Ben Shelly visited with Navajo firefighters Michelle Albert, Chassity Lee, Fiona Tsosie and Moriko Nez stationed at the supply unit at the Incident Command Post in Eagar. Photo courtesy C. Jackson, Navajo Nation

By Dalina Castellanos
and Vida Volkert
Diné Bureau and staff writer

A couple of Navajo Nation fire crews and staff from the Navajo Nation Division of Health from Window Rock were deployed to help fight two New Mexico wildland fires Tuesday and offered assistance with the fires burning in Arizona.

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