Seattle Now: Fighting fire west of the Cascades
Around here... wildfire season is normally about suffocating smoke blowing in from Eastern Washington or even further away
But this weekend the Bolt Creek fire burned nearly 8,000 acres here in western Washington
Former firefighter Amanda Montei says this is a shift, and we’ll have to expect more fires like this in the future.
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Caroline Gomez is the editor of Seattle Now, KUOW's flagship news podcast. She's produced and edited hundreds of episodes on the people and stories that shape Seattle. She created "Casual Friday," Seattle Now's Friday episode that performs best (almost) every week. She has a masters degree in human centered design and engineering from the University of Washington and she applies a user-centered approach to her journalism and processes. Previously she was a producer at KCRW and is a proud alum of UCLA's Daily Bruin.
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