GIS Manipulation Lesson- Fire state error

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fire_state <- st_intersection(fire, USA_sf)

although coordinates are longitude/latitude, st_intersection assumes that they are planar
Error in CPL_geos_op2(op, x, y) :
Evaluation error: TopologyException: Input geom 1 is invalid: Self-intersection at or near point -122.22023214145551 38.060546475680134 at -122.22023214145551 38.060546475680134.