Fires across the southwestern U.S. have picked up early this year, with over 400,000 acres burning just between Utah and Colorado.
The quick and early spread of wildfires comes after a short and warm winter across many Western states.
In total, over 546,000 acres are currently burning in wildfires across the U.S., with the vast majority in the West. That was about 146% of the average year-to-date acreage burn during the last 10 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
“We knew going into this season that large areas of the West had not received their normal snowpack and were struggling with drought,” said Al Nash, the public information officer for the Alaska Incident Management Team assigned to fight Colorado’s Aspen Acres Fire.
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