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There's ten less firefighters with the Canton Fire Department. That's because the department announced a round of layoffs due to city budget negotiations .

NewsChannel 5 reports the department has been understaffed since layoffs in 2009. The department currently has 146 firefighters -- that about 30 firefighters short of what they should be operating with. The layoffs will drop the number even further to 136 by the end of April.

The cuts also mean that there are not enough firefighters to keep all eight of the fire stations open, which leaves just four fully staffed.

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