Spencer Cox: “The cottonwood fire in Beaver is the number one fire in the…”

“But these are very expensive fires. And again, the resources are already tapped out. So the great basin, which is where we are, is the number one priority in the country right now. The cottonwood fire in Beaver is the number one fire in the great Basin. So it's the number one fire in the country. That's going to change very quickly. We don't have any more Type 1 hand crews available to us.” (26:17–26:21)

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