The wildfire season is off to an early and fierce start in Washington state. Strong winds and 100-degree temperatures sent one fire in the central part of the state skipping through a subdivision, sparing some homes and burning others to the ground. Hundreds of firefighters have been called in from around the state to try to bring the blaze under control.
After a winter with limited snowfall and an unusually warm spring, large sections of Washington are parched and at high risk for wildfires. Rowan Gerety, a reporter at Northwest Public Radio joins Here & Now’s Robin Young to talk about the heat in Washington.
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- Rowan Gerety, reporter at Northwest Public Radio. He tweets @rowanmg.
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