Fire crews from the Blackfeet Nation of Montana are off to work in California.

The 40 men and women left the reservation on Sunday. Fire fighters said they were ready for the challenge.

"It's in your blood. It gets to where you love it," Amos Many Hides, a squad boss, told The Great Falls Tribune.

An estimated 840 fires are burning throughout California.

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Blackfeet join fire crew migration (The Great Falls Tribune 6/24)