Weekly Wildfire Update: Operational Update, Cali Coastal Fire , Southwest, and Canada. NPR Talks Firefighter Wages, Congress Takes Action, Tree Strikes Hotshot, I Get Blocked By the Forest Service.

This Week’s Weekly Wildfire Update:

• Full Operational Update: The Cali Coastal Fire , Southwest still rips, and Canada sees increase in fire activity.
• Michigan firefighter charged with wildfire arson.
• NPR Talks Firefighter Wages. Marketplace does a segment about the fight for better wages.
• Congress Takes Action. Letter written to the Forest Service about fast tracking wages, Portal to Portal, and more.
• A tree strikes a Hotshot on the Calf Canyon fire. We talk about the incident.
• I get blocked by the Forest Service Northwest. Hilarious.
• Plus more.

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