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Firefighters Make Good Progress On Glass Fire Containment But Say Coming Heat Wave is a Concern

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🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Wildfires across the state have burned more than 4 million acres this year, more than doubling the previous record. In Napa and Sonoma counties, firefighters have made good progress in containing the Glass Fire, which has burned more than 65,000 acres and destroyed over 1,000 buildings as of Monday. Still, Cal Fire says high temperatures in the coming days could change the fire's status. We'll get the latest update from KQED's Dan Brekke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED, Public Radio in San Francisco. I'm Michael Krasny. Should 17-year-olds get to vote in California's primary elections? That's the question posed to voters in Proposition 18 on the

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November ballot. As part of our election 2020 coverage, we'll hear from both sides,

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and we'll take your questions.

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But first, California has hit a grim milestone,

1:16.5

a record four million acres burned by wildfires already this year.

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And the August complex fire,

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already the state's largest, surpassed 1 million acres yesterday,

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another record.

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Coming up on forum, we'll get the latest on the

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state's wildfires, and are we finally going to get some rain? That's next after this news.

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Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Wildfires across the state have burned more than four million acres this year, more than doubling the previous record. In Napa and Sonoma

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counties, firefighters have made good progress in containing the glass fire, which has burned

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