Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-27-2020
Abstract
More than 4 million acres of California went up in flames in 2020 – about 4% of the state’s land area and more than double its previous wildfire record. Five of the state’s six largest fires on record were burning this year.
In Colorado, the Pine Gulch fire broke the record for that state’s largest wildfire, only to be surpassed by two larger blazes, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires.
Oregon saw one of the most destructive fire seasons in its recorded history, with more than 4,000 homes destroyed.
What caused the 2020 fire season to become so extreme?
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Publication Information
Sadegh, Mojtaba; Asanjan, Ata Akbari; and Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza. (2020). "The Year the West Was Burning: How the 2020 Wildfire Season Got So Extreme". The Conversation, .