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1st Large Wildfire Of The Summer Raging In Northern California

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A vehicle scorched by a wildfire rests in a clearing on Wolf Creek Road near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., Sunday, June 24, 2018. Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others Sunday as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California. (Noah Berger/AP)
A vehicle scorched by a wildfire rests in a clearing on Wolf Creek Road near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., Sunday, June 24, 2018. Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others Sunday as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California. (Noah Berger/AP)

Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for Lake County in rural Northern California because of the Pawnee fire, which has already burned thousands of acres and prompted mandatory evacuation orders for residents.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with KQED reporter Sukey Lewis (@SukeyLewis).

This segment aired on June 26, 2018.

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