Human-caused ignitions spark California’s worst wildfires but get little state focus
It could have been another bad wildfire year in California. A bountiful summer crop of quick-to-burn dead grass carpeted the hillsides. Autumn was warm and dry. A record-breaking stretch of fire weather hit the Bay Area in October. But it wasn’t. California wildfires charred about 270,000 acres in …
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