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Largest Active Wildfire In U.S. Blazes In Southern Utah

Burned trees fill a smoke-filled valley as far as the eye can see after a wildfire moved through the area on June 25, 2017, outside Panguitch, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
Burned trees fill a smoke-filled valley as far as the eye can see after a wildfire moved through the area on June 25, 2017, outside Panguitch, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)

A wildfire in southeast Utah continues to burn Tuesday in the town of Brian Head, near the Dixie National Forest. It started 10 days ago. At approximately 46,000 acres, or slightly larger than Washington, D.C., it’s now the largest active wildfire in the United States.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Judy Fahys (@judyfutah), a reporter from KUER in Salt Lake City, about the status of the wildfire and efforts to suppress it.

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