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Due to hot and dry conditions, over 150 fires have broken out across California over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. ABC News' Kayna Whitworth joins the show from the ground.
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- ABC News
Live from Dales as the Park Fire, the largest wildfire in California this year and the sixth largest in the state’s recorded history, continues to burn.
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- Associated Press
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the sprawling Oak Fire continues to rapidly spread across central California outside Yosemite National Park.
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- PBS NewsHour
2024 Fire Year Outlook. The state of California experienced a hotter than normal June, combined with an excess of fine fuels from unusually wet winter and spring seasons. This has resulted in the vegetation being more susceptible to ignition and fire spread than has been observed in previous years.
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