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Record Drought Fuels Fires In Idaho

Montana Public Radio | By Eric Whitney

Published August 14, 2015 at 5:01 PM MDT

A night-time view of the Soda Fire 40 miles SW of Boise, ID.

Even more fires have broken out across the border in the Panhandle National Forest in Idaho. Jason Kirschner, public information officer for the Panhandle in Couer d’Alene, talks about the nearly 50 fires burning in Idaho.

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