As drought pushes east, more intense wildfires are sparking in new areas

Only a few months into 2022, more than 14,781 wildfires have scorched over half a million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, the largest number of fires year-to-date the agency has recorded in the past decade.

As drought pushes east, more intense wildfires are sparking in new areas

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