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CHERYL Adolfo, how’s the mandatory evac coming on Yankee and Zulu. The head of the fire is turning towards town. Where’s Vince? ADOLFO He’s cutting a line through Miller Field. CHERYL What?
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EXT. MILLER FIELD JUST OUTSIDE OF MIDDLETOWN - DAY 53 Vince in his truck drives alongside town to his left and a field to his right. And beyond the field, in the distance - the woods are fully on fire. Up ahead of Vince, in the middle of the field ... six dozers from Denbo Construction, lined up in a row. The first five are manned by different Denbos (Curtis, Talmadge, Clement, Lawrence and Jamie). The sixth is manned by Arabella. The dozers are moving in unison, cutting a line across the field as wide as a four lane highway. VINCE (on the phone) EXT. RIDGE - NIGHT 54 Bode heads up the mountain and reaches the ridge where he sees: Jake lies on his side, pinned by the tree, grimacing in pain. Everly is trying to shift the tree off his leg. The sound of the approaching fire is like a roaring train. JAKE The fire’s gonna be on us any minute! EVERLY I’m working as fast as I can. JAKE Go! Save yourself!!! We’re on Bode’s face: it’s a split second. And in that split second he decides. He knows what he has to do. Hey Cheryl. I’m cutting a line as wide as a highway along Route 22. There’s no way this fire’s gonna take down my town.
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