U.S. Forest Service Pleads For Help as America Burns Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A firefighter radios that the Blue Cut Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 138 on August 16, 2016 in Phelan, California. ( Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times / Getty ) Produced by Dana Roberson Produced by PRI and WNYC