Record heat and drought drive unprecedented wildfire numbers across U.S.
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Analysis of the 2026 wildfire season attributes the surge to severe drought and heat, with over 400 American towns and cities posting all-time record-high temperatures. The shortage of available firefighters is identified as a critical bottleneck, with too few personnel spread across simultaneous large fires across multiple regions.
cbsnews.com
“With a hundred fires burning at once, there are too few firefighters, and they're spread too thin.”
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54,000 Wildfires Have Burned 8.5 Million Acres. It has been a record wildfire season so far. Some of the largest fires have destroyed millions of dollars of property and driven people from their homes. The causes of the fires cannot be fixed. This is climate change.
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