Devastating California wildfires burn over four million acres, more than twice the previous record for any year - fire agency
A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a firing operation while battling the Glass Fire in Calistoga, California, US October 2, 2020.
The most-populous US state has suffered five of its six largest wildfires in history this year as heat waves and dry-lightning sieges coincided with drier conditions that climate scientists blame on global warming. California suffered a prolonged drought from around 2010 to 2017, causing diseases and insect infestations that killed millions of trees. That followed a century of fire suppression that also built up brush and dead trees, turning some forests into tinderboxes.
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