You might be surprised to hear that, so far this season, there have been fewer wildfires fought by the Nevada-Yuba-Placer CalFire unit, compared to a year ago. Unit Chief George Morris says that’s 336, compared to 369. But they have been more intense than you’d normally expect at this point of the season and have consumed more acreage…

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Morris says about 3-thousand acres have gone up in smoke, at this point, although about 23-hundred is attributed to the Lowell fire. Last year’s acreage was just 534 acres. Meanwhile, MORE wildfires HAVE been fought statewide by CalFire, at around 24-hundred-50, compared to around 2-thousand-25 a year ago…

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Morris says over 126-thousand acres have been scorched in CalFire’s responsibility area in California, which is up 43-thousand acres. And, of course, the driest months of the season are September and October.