CNN The Situation Room May 3, 2013 21:15:00
That are leading to these wildfires and how would you compare that to years past? are you in an at-risk situation for more of this to develop as the days go on? >> that is the key this year, the vegetation conditions are in a place where we would normally be in june. we started seeing fire activity, significant fire activity towards the middle to end of april. and vegetation is at critically dry levels. all we need is potential for fire starts to drive this. remember, we're only on the third day of may, as we work our way through the heat of the summer, the vegetation is only going to be drier...
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