Analysis: Worst fires in 50 years burning millions of acres in the Western United States

From: Talk of the Nation (NPR) | Date: August 14, 2000| Author: JUAN WILLIAMS | Copyright information


NPR Talk of the Nation

08-14-2000

Analysis: Worst fires in 50 years burning millions of acres in the Western United States

Host: JUAN WILLIAMS
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

JUAN WILLIAMS, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Juan Williams.

More than 60 major wildfires are now burning at a rapid rate in the Western United States. Officials now say this is one of the worse fire seasons in 50 years--the worst, in fact--affecting more than ...