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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How evacuees are coping with the Saddleridge fire

Multiple fires are blazing across the state, including the Saddleridge fire that broke out on Thursday. It’s moving fast in the San Fernando Valley.

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Oct 11, 2019 • 1 min read

Multiple fires are blazing across the state, including the Saddleridge fire that broke out on Thursday. It’s moving fast in the San Fernando Valley. By noon today, thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, and upwards of 4700 acres were burned.

KCRW reporter Anna Scott gives an update from an evacuation site. We hear Jeff Kane, a Porter Ranch resident who was notified to evacuate at 3 AM. And we learn how big tech companies in Silicon Valley were spared from this week’s scheduled blackouts.

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    Barbara Bogaev

    radio journalist

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Michell Eloy

    Line Editor, Press Play

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    Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir

    Associate producer

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    Amy Ta

    Digital News & Culture Editor

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    Jeff Kane

    Porter Ranch resident who was evacuated

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    Michael Wara

    director of the climate and energy program at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment

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