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OVER 2.6 MILLION ACRES BURNING ACROSS CALIFORNIA: California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a news conference after surveying wildfire damage from the North Complex Fire. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Over 2.6 million acres have burned throughout the state, as an eerie orange haze has swept the entire west coast due to smoke rising into the atmosphere.
Newsom has frequently pleaded with Californians to listen to evacuation orders, stressing the seriousness of this year’s fire season. ‘Six of the 20 largest wildfires in California history have occurred in 2020.
If you are asked to evacuate please do so immediately,’ he tweeted. The fires this year are another sign of the growing climate crisis, as the state has battled massive heatwaves, long droughts, and now some of the largest fires it’s ever seen.

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