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Wildland firefighters evacuate as tornado approaches

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Shawn Wheat of Topeka TV station WIBW was covering a wildfire in Kansas on March 6, 2017 when he had to evacuate along with the firefighters when a "rain-wrapped" tornado moved into the fire area.

Shawn Wheat of Topeka TV station WIBW was covering a wildfire in Kansas on March 6 when he had to evacuate along with the firefighters when a “cloud-wrapped” tornado moved into the fire area.

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