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Fire Fighting personal has been working hard to keep the Golden Fire within its general footprint. More teams from Douglas, Lane, and Marion Counties arrived to help and have been patrolling buildings, putting out hot spots, and assisting with the wildland efforts.
This was yesterday, smoke from dozens of wildfires all the way out west made it all the way to the east coast. some of that smoke and haze cleared out by storms that swept through the northeast and western states. but take a look at this, flash floods in utah created a natural waterfall off some cliffs. in colorado, at least one person is dead, three others are missing after this dangerous flooding in the northern part of the state. and right now 8 million people are under flash flood watches in the southwest due to a monsoon. that rain could help put a dent in the extreme drought conditions i...
Season. but we're prepared for the suppression response, but i think it prompts broader questions about, you know, community safety, around people's homes as well as active forest management to make these forests more resilient to fire in the first place. >> marcus kaufman, thank you for helping explain it to us this morning. and again to all of those teams, you guys have on the ground there fighting this. >> thanks for having me. >> of course. well, stunning development in what was potentially bipartisan inquiry into the insurrection. kevin mccarthy pulls all his picks after house speaker p...
Public information officer for the oregon department of forestry. good morning to you. i am so glad you could join us, because when i read your quote in "the new york times," i was floored by what this is doing. before we get to the weather system this is creating, marcus, talk to us about the significance of this fire and how big it is. >> yeah, well, thanks for having me. it's unfortunate to report that we're oregon's number three fire in the state's history. >> wow. >> we didn't want to be up onto the podium. it's kind of a dubious honor, but we're now the number three fire as the fire has ...
Moderating. so containment is sitting at 38%. we really had a break in the weather in the last couple of days. crews around all parts of the fire have been able to get a lot of work done and essentially we put out the fire by building a containment line around the perimeter. we don't put out the interior. so we work exclusively on the perimeter, and that work has been progressing well. we're making good and steady progress, particularly on the south zone of the fire. >> can you, marcus, explain what you mean that this fire, bootleg fire in oregon is creating its own weather system and how that...