In California, 2020’s fire season has seen temperatures spike to historic highs, with a prolonged heat wave exacerbating fires at dozens of sites across the state
As of Wednesday morning, at least 33 fires are burning across Northern California, scorching more than 141,000 acres. Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Every year, late summer and early fall bring sweeping wildfires to the West, and every year, the blazes seem more severe — more destructive, and more tenacious — than the last. . So far, over 300,000 acres have burned, with an estimated 11,000 lightning strikes over about 72 hours igniting 376 new wildfires, according to Cal Fire.
Per the Times, the SCU Lightning Complex “more than doubled in size overnight,” with strong winds largely crushing the odds of containment. The rapid spread has also strained firefighters’ limited resources, and now, Cal Fire has called for 375 fire engines from other states. Without naming a specific number, the Washington Post reports that “several firefighters” have now been injured while trying to extinguish the blazes.
A state of emergency has been declared. On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a statewide state of emergency to deploy resources to help “combat fires burning across the state which have been exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds.” He has also obtained assistance grants from FEMA to aid fire response in Napa, Nevada, and Monterey County.
“Extreme heat and electricity demand has caused outages in parts of Los Angeles,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wrote on Twitter.
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