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Globe remains largely safe from the Telegraph Fire, a wildfire that has burned over 80,000 acres since June 4, according to InciWeb, a wildfire tracking website operated by the U.S. Forest Service.
But a rise in temperatures is keeping fire crews prepared.
The Globe Fire Department is treating Wednesday as a cool-down day, according to Globe Deputy Fire Chief Dave Bejarano. This means crews are reinforcing lines around high-risk areas and are increasing air support to extinguish existing embers.
The immediate area of Globe has not been affected by the fire, but the town is not out of the woods yet, Bejarano said.
In its cruel aftermath, the disease that brought this barrage of death alters rituals of the grieving process. Families say goodbye by video, or in a brief moment at a hospital bed while dressed in personal protective equipment. Funerals are small and distanced.
Most people who contract COVID-19 will survive, and age and specific underlying conditions play a role in who is most likely to die. But for each death, there s a web of family and friends left mourning.
Sharing these losses is difficult for many of the bereaved; it can be therapeutic, though a way to say goodbye, to honor and celebrate the people they loved.
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