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York Fire burns amid late wildfire season in Nevada, but it's not over

By Anne Davis

Published August 10, 2023 at 8:14 AM PDT

Joshua Trees burn in the York Fire, Sunday, July 30, 2023, in the Mojave National Preserve, Calif. Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve this weekend as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds.

Wildfire season got a late start this year.

But just last week, the National Interagency Fire Center issued a warning. They’re predicting wildfire potential to be higher than normal in northwest and eastern Nevada this month.

The announcement came in the midst of the devastating York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve, which authorities say has been mostly contained after burning over 93,000 acres.

But until the York Fire, it has been a relatively mild wildfire season.

Guests: Meg Bernhard, reporter and Writer in Residence, Desert Companion; Brian O’Neal, assistant fire chief, Clark County Fire Department

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