US wildfires have scorched millions of acres in 2023. Is that bad?

Thanks in part to a wet winter in California, this year's wildfire season across the U.S. is turning out to be the quietest in 25 years, with 'only' 2.5 million acres adding up to the fewest acres burned as of this date since 1998, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

US wildfires have scorched millions of acres in 2023. Is that bad?

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