A new federal policy may be putting Utah wildland firefighters' lives at risk. Host Ali Vallarta, producer Ivana Martinez, and City Cast Salt Lake contributor Kate Groetzinger talk about the change and its impacts as wildfire season rages on. Plus, Salt Lake gets a rebrand and local shoutouts.

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Trump administration seeks to stomp out all fires quickly, reviving policy that has been discredited [Colorado Sun]
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