Wildfires in the Southwest have burned hundreds of thousands of acres in California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona, most of them beginning as a result of lightning. In California, thousands of firefighters are battling flames in several parts of the state, the worst being the Inyo and Antelope Complex fires and the Zaca fire in Santa Barbara County. Lightning has also sparked wildfires near Reno, Nevada, threatened a national observatory in Arizona, and created Utah's largest inferno in the state's history, consuming over 300,000 acres. Patt gets an update on how firefighters across the west are handling the blazes.
* Daniel Berlant, Spokesman, California Department of Forestry and Fire
* Jim Wilkins, Fire Informational Officer with the California Interagency Incident Management Team, U.S. Forest Service in Inyo National Forest
* Don Smurthwaite, Chief of External Affairs for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho