Ashley Buck

resident of Redding

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Ashley Buck on KCRW

The Carr Fire is one of three large fires raging across California right now. There’s also the Cranston Fire in Idyllwild. And the Ferguson Fire in Yosemite.

California struggles with multiple wildfires

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