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We are seeing conditions right now this year that are a month or two down the road, Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter said.
The agency warns Northern California is descending into a deep drought, which could make this wildfire season more destructive than last year.
The state is shelling out $150 million in grants to thin out fire-fueling vegetation such as dying pine trees. Cal Fire is using emergency funding to hire thousands of firefighters this season.
Cal Fire and Cal OES kicked off Wildfire Preparedness Week by urging homeowners to harden their homes against dangerous embers spread by wildfires.
Due to this year’s dry conditions, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District pushed their vegetation abatement deadline two weeks earlier, giving homeowners less time to remove dead brush from their property.