WATCH: Western Wildfires Burn from the Grand Canyon to Oregon
Transcripts here for readers writers and researchers CBN Sep 30 TRANSCRIPT: Lightning strikes hit dry land during
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favorable fire weather.
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It can f=start in a couple
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seconds and it's it's that wind that
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really makes a big difference
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in Oregon. Her zoutdike helps oversee
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the flat fire. Satellite footage shows
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it burning just north of Sisters at
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23,000 acres. It's considered small yet
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no less personal, destroying four homes
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and a dozen other structures, while fire
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crews saved more than 800 homes.
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The largest fire this season came in the
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Grand Canyon. Sparked by a lightning
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strike on the North Rim, it triggered
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mass evacuations destroyed more than
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145,000 acres and more than 70
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structures, including the historic Grand
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Canyon Lodge built more than a century
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ago.
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You know, it's their dedication. And I
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mean they absolutely, you know, are
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devastated when they see structures that
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are lost. You know, homes that are lost.
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They see the people.
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Up here above Salt Lake City,
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firefighters were able to stop this
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brush fire before spreading into the
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nearby hillside homes. But across the
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West, not every community has been so
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fortunate as crews are battling bigger
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and more destructive fires this season.
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Nearly 18,000 firefighters have been
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dispatched nationwide. Men and women
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putting their lives on the line to
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protect communities and families. Most
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travel long distances and work roughly
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14-day shifts before being replaced.
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Firefighter safety is number one. We uh
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we have structural firefighters,
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wildland firefighters. Uh but when we're
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together, the people that, you know,
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we're protecting their homes and we're
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out there fighting this fire, they don't
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know the difference. We're all one big
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team with the same mission and same
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goals. Washington's 2026 budget proposal
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put aside $3.7 billion dollar for a new
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wildland fire service, making crew pay
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raises permanent. Deep federal spending
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cuts, however, have stalled prevention
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projects and shrunk staffing. This often
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means fire crews being asked to do more
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with less. For these qualified
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firefighters, it's especially
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concerning. Red card firefighters train
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for some of the most intense
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firefighting conditions. And as hotter,
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drier spells become more common and
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frequent, experts tell me that them
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putting their safety on the front line
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is becoming more critical than ever. I'm
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Brody Carter, reporting in Salt Lake
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City, CBN News.
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