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Record Drought Fuels Fires In Idaho

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A night-time view of the Soda Fire 40 miles SW of Boise, ID.
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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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Eric Whitney is NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief, and was the former news director for Montana Public Radio.