Difficult Wildfire Season Could Be Compounded By Coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Experts predicted this year's wildfire season would be a tough one. Now it looks much tougher thanks to the pandemic.
Wildfire experts and the Department of Natural Resources say the coronavirus has created a laundry list of new problems for their firefighters this summer.
The DNR says firefighters are the perfect target for a coronavirus outbreak: they battle the fires in tightly knit groups, some have had their lungs compromised by smoke and ash, and crews are often shuffled into different camps as new fires spark up across the state. In an outbreak, the virus could easily tear through their ranks.
"Firefighters are constantly intermingling in different camps throughout the state," said Hilary Franz, State Commissioner of Public Lands.
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