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About one in every eight acres of California land has been burned by wildfires in the past decade, according to an analysis published this week.

When the Dixie Fire sparked in Plumas County on a warm afternoon in July, few could have known that it would morph into the monster it soon became. A downed

More than a dozen fires throughout the state have burned more than 1 million acres.

NIFC, based in Boise, requested the mobilization as "above-normal" fire activity continues in many parts of the nation.

The number of reported wildfires in 2020 was higher than typical in nearly every part of the country, but the West Coast bore the brunt of the active fire season. Oregon, Washington, California, and Colorado all reported enormous fires, including the August Complex in Northern California. It was the first recorded wildfire in the lower 48 states to burn over a million acres in U.S. history. That was one of three 2020 wildfires to rank among most devastating in American history. <a href=&quot;https://247wallst.com/special-report/2021/07/25/30-most-destructive-wildfires-in-the-us-this-cen...