Update: October 1st Western Wildfires Summary

Update: October 1st Western Wildfires Summary

Western wildfires have burned an area larger than New Jersey

According to the (NIFC) National Interagency Fire Center, as of Sept. 30th, 2020 over three million, 3,366,907 acres have burned in the United States West Coast.

By (NWP) News Without Politics October 1st 2020

From National Geographic
Nationally Seventy large fires have burned nearly 4 million acres in 11 states. They also stated that this year’s fires are above the total number of fires over the 10-year-average.

In California out of 20 active fires only 1 has been contained, Oregon, 1 contained out of 11, and Washington State 1 of 3 is contained. Read more from NewsWithoutPolitics.com