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Elder Bravo / Reuters
A firefighter screams as a forest fire grows behind him in an area close to the house of former painter Oswaldo Guayasamin in Quito, Ecuador on September 12, 2012.
Kevin Granja / Reuters
Smoke from a fire billows in a forest in the metropolitan district of Quito on September 12, 2012.
More than 1,000 hectares of forest have been burned since a series of fires started two weeks ago in the Ecuadorian province of Pichincha, according to the country's Ministry of Environment.
-- Reuters
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God bless these brave fire fighters. It takes incredible courage to work in such conditions.And so many are blessed by their efforts. May their efforts quickly put an end to this blaze and they safely return home to their loved ones.