California is facing an active FIRE season … and this year, many fires have behaved in extreme ways. 

This is the focus of the book “FIRE WEATHER: On the Front Lines of a Burning World."

 It tells the story of a *massive fire in the heart of CANADA's oil industry. 

KQED’s Danielle Venton spoke with the author John Vaillant … as part of our Climate Book Club.