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Oregon Firefighters Return From Wine Country Fires

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The fires from near Lake Berryessa.
Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63439449

The images of devastation from the California Wine Country fires moved many of us.  And they moved a few of our friends and neighbors into action. 

With fire crews stretched to the breaking point, firefighters from Oregon traveled south to help with the firefighting effort. 

Kelly Burns of Ashland Fire-Rescue was among the people who made the temporary move.  He visits with details of what he did and saw, joined by firefighters Tim Hegdahl and Dave Roselip.

And we visit again with Ashley Tressel, who covered the fires for the Ukiah Daily Journal.  She is now moving on to a new job, but shares her impressions.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.