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How We Talk About Wildfires

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A Storey County Fire District crew battles the Caldor Fire off of Highway 50 near Chiapa Drive on Aug. 31, 2021. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

A heat wave that swept through the Bay Area this week made way for fires again. That, plus a slew of other fires burning across California sent smoke hovering over areas of the state. So we thought it’d be a good time to re-evaluate how we talk about fires in the first place, so that we can better understand how to address them.

Guest: Danielle Venton, Climate Reporter for KQED

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This episode first aired Aug. 20, 2021

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