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US suffering worst wildfire season in a decade AP By Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN This is Dennis Smith’s 25th fire season with CalFire, so the Fire Captain is fully aware of how much fighting fires has changed in that time. The temperatures are hotter. The fire seasons are several months longer. The blazes are bigger, and there are more of them. “We used to get some what you’d call ‘career fires’ maybe once every few years,” he told CNN. “We’re seeing career fires — 100,000-plus acres — (are) a common occurrence every year now.” For Smith and other firefighters, al...

AP By Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN This is Dennis Smith’s 25th fire season with CalFire, so the Fire Captain is fully aware of how much fighting fires has changed in that time. The temperatures are hotter. The fire seasons are several months longer. The blazes are bigger, and there are more of them. “We used to get some what you’d call ‘career fires’ maybe once every few years,” he told CNN. “We’re seeing career fires — 100,000-plus acres — (are) a common occurrence every year now.” For Smith and other firefighters, all that has combined to make their lives more di...

Henry Fire burning near Spicer Reservoir Sonora, CA – The River And Henry fires containment continue to grow but one’s acreage has also climbed. The acreage has jumped from 650 to 919 and the containment from 18% to 21% in the lightning strike Henry Fire that broke out at the end of June. It is burning near Spicer Reservoir on the Calaveras Ranger District in the Carson-Iceberg ...

ZIP Advertisement A California firefighter of 25 years says wildfires like we're seeing used to be much, much rarer Share Updated: 10:38 PM CDT Jul 15, 2021 Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN A California firefighter of 25 years says wildfires like we're seeing used to be much, much rarer Share Updated: 10:38 PM CDT Jul 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript We had our three cars packed up with stuff last night. 2:30 AM. 3 4. I slept an hour last night just watching it. It was just racing across the hillside. You can just see it. I mean it looks like oce...

Devastating wildfire conditions in US likely to worsen IANS 15 hours ago © IANS Devastating wildfire conditions in US likely to worsen Washington, July 15 (IANS) Over 14,000 firefighters are currently battling more than 60 huge wildfires raging in the rural regions of western US, the latest update by InciWeb, an interstate incident information system, said, adding that the conditions are likely to worsen due to bad weather. The Bootleg Fire in Klamath county, Oregon, is currently the nation's largest wildfire, spreading to 212,377 acres, Xinhua news agency reported citing the InciWeb upd...