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Warm weather and melting snow means increased fire danger

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Unseasonably warm, dry weather may mean an early spring, but it could bring higher fire danger with the higher temps. As a matter of fact we have unconfirmed reports that last year’s big Pagami Creek is still smoldering under snow cover.

To make sense of some of this WTIP's Jay Andersen spoke  with U.S. Forest Service fire officer Patty Johnson.