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2020 California wildfires facts for kids

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An August 2020 satellite image of the wildfires

The 2020 California wildfire season is a series of ongoing wildfires that are burning across the state of California.

As of September 9, 2020, a total of 7,606 fires have burned 2,936,955 acres (1,188,544 ha), making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California history.

Climate change has increased the risk of wildfires in California.

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  • 2020 California wildfires

    Map of 2020 California wildfires

  • Cal Fire largest wildfires 2020

    Five of the twenty largest wildfires in California history were part of the 2020 wildfire season.

  • Newspaper headline California climate apocalypse

    The Los Angeles Times on 13 September described the fire as a climate apocalypse.

  • Slater fire

    Smoke from the Slater fire on September 8

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