NIFC raises national wildfire status to PL 4 after three firefighters die in Colorado-Utah burnover; dangerous heat wave builds across central and eastern U.S.
Today’s brief leads with wildfire: NIFC raises the national preparedness level to PL 4 as 52 large fires burn across nine states, and the fire community mourns three federal firefighters killed in a burnover on the Knowles Fire along the Colorado-Utah border. A long-duration, dangerous heat wave is building across the central and eastern United States ahead of the July 4 weekend, with Connecticut and New York activating heat operations. We also cover the Pocket Fire’s rapid growth and evacuation readiness near Sedona, an eastern Pacific system the National Hurricane Center is watching for…
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