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There are four main survival options if you ever become trapped by a wildfire, writes Paul Auerbach in his Medicine for the Outdoors column at www.healthline.com.

Those options are:

• Retreat from the fire and reach a safe haven,

• Burn out a safety area,

• Hunker in place, or

• Pass through the fire edge into the burned-out area.

You can read his entire column at are four main survival options if you ever become trapped by a wildfire: http://www.healthline.com/blogs/outdoor_health/2007/10/surviving-wildfire.html.

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