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   How many wildfires were there in California in 2021?

   • The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [ 1 ]

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   Why did California fires start early in 2021?

   • The 2021 wildfire season in California experienced an unusually early start amid an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres on nonfederal land, which is almost triple the number of fires and more than 20 times the acreage of the five-year average for January.

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   What is happening in California in 2021?

   • Smoke rises from the Dixie fire near Janesville, Calif., last month. Northern California has so far borne the brunt of the 2021 fire season. One of the largest fires in the state’s history, the Dixie fire, has charred more than 860,000 acres. Meanwhile, the Caldor fire has given the Lake Tahoe area a serious scare.

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   Is California facing unprecedented fire conditions?

   • As of August 18, 2021, the state of California was facing "unprecedented fire conditions" as multiple fires including the Dixie Fire, McFarland Fire, Caldor Fire, and others, raged on. [ 12 ] The USDA Forest Service temporarily closed all of California's national forests at the end of August to mitigate the impact of potential fires. [ 13 ]

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   Are wildfires increasing in California?

   • The long term trend is that wildfires in the state are increasing due to climate change in California. [ 5 ][ 6 ] The 2021 wildfire season was exceptionally severe in California, although it did not approach the extent of the previous year's wildfire season, which was the largest season in the state's recorded history.

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   How many firefighters died at California fires in 2021?

   • Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021. ^ Gabbert, Bill (September 5, 2021). "Two firefighters at California fires died, one from COVID, the other from unspecified illness". Wildfire Today. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

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   The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1]

3. www.fire.ca.gov › incidents › 20212021 Fire Season Incident Archive | CAL FIRE

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   The 2021 wildfire season in California experienced an unusually early start amid an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres on nonfederal land, which is almost triple the number of fires and more than 20 times the acreage of the five-year average for January.

   Incident	Counties	Started	Acres
   Dixie Fire	Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama	7/13/2021	963,309
   Monument Fire	Trinity	7/30/2021	223,124
   Caldor Fire	El Dorado, Alpine, Amador	8/14/2021	221,835
   River Complex	Siskiyou, Trinity	7/30/2021	199,359

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