Satellite data is helping scientists size up one of the most intense outbreaks of fire and smoke that Oregon and California have seen in decades.
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Wildfires in California have consumed more than 700,000 acres since August 15, 2020.
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While the 2014 wildfire season has been active in California, the fires have not been particularly large or damaging.
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Smoke from several large forest fires blanketed areas of Northern California in late summer, 1999.
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Almost a quarter of a million acres of land and more than a thousand homes have been consumed by three wildfires in Northern California.
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