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How Do You Know When Fires Are Coming? Listen To The Forest

KUOW | By Bill Radke,
Kate Walters
Published April 19, 2016 at 1:43 PM AKDT
A plane dumps fire retardant on a ballooning wildfire on Aug. 14.
Flickr Photo/Ben Brooks (CC BY-SA 2.0) bit.ly/1KSulVD
A plane dumps fire retardant on a ballooning wildfire on Aug. 14, 2015.

Bill Radke speaks with Trevor McConchie, firefighter with the Department of Natural Resources, about this year's wildfire season and how people can prepare. Find out how to defend and prepare your home for wildfire season.
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