FILE PHOTO: A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a firing operation while battling the Glass Fire in Calistoga, California, U.S. October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
NAPA, Calif. (Reuters) - Wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) in 2020, over twice the previous record for any year and an area larger than Connecticut, the state's fire agency reported on Sunday.
The most-populous U.S. state has suffered five of its six largest wildfires in history this year as heat waves and dry-lightning sieges coincided with drier conditions that climate scientists blame on global warming.
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