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Is This How Firefighters Keep Cool?

Firefighters know that their brave line of work comes with some serious risks. They might faint due to heat exhaustion; they can suffer from third-degree burns; sustain lung damage from smoke inhalation, or become injured from falling structures. But the chances of dying from hypothermia are probably quite low on the long list of a firefighter’s job hazards, or so this firefighter thought before the day this photo was taken.

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Fortunately, there’s an easy fix for his frozen uniform: Just run back into the burning building, wait around for a few seconds, and voila! That layer of ice will melt right off!