California fire official warns of more fires to come
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'Nearly every acre' in California has potential to burn, state fire official warns
Hot, dry conditions continue to fuel over a dozen wildfires in California, mostly in the state's northern quarter. Fire officials said they were seeing a "generational destruction of forests." Six of the seven largest fires on record in California have happened in 2020 or 2021, and at the current rate, fires this year are expected to burn more land than they did last year. Lisa Desjardins reports.
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California fire official warns of more fires to come
Clip: 8/19/2021 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Hot, dry conditions continue to fuel over a dozen wildfires in California, mostly in the state's northern quarter. Fire officials said they were seeing a "generational destruction of forests." Six of the seven largest fires on record in California have happened in 2020 or 2021, and at the current rate, fires this year are expected to burn more land than they did last year. Lisa Desjardins reports.
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