60 Minutes: U.S. Forest Service Mismanagement Contributed to CA Caldor Wildfire
Grizzly Flats was destroyed by fire in less than 15 minutes in August 2021. Residents there blame the U.S. Forest Service. 60 Minutes reports. The fire would burn for two months, scorching more than 200,000 acres and costing $271 million to extinguish CBS’ 60 Minutes interviewed dozens of firefighters and citizens who question a lot of the decisions the Forest Service made about how to combat the fire.
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Grizzly Flats was destroyed by fire in less than 15 minutes in August 2021. Residents there blame the U.S. Forest Service. 60 Minutes reports. The fire would burn for two months, scorching more than 200,000 acres and costing $271 million to extinguish CBS’ 60 Minutes interviewed dozens of firefighters and citizens who question a lot […]

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