California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Deadly Fires Have Burned 1.2 Million Acres In Past 10 Days, Destroyed 1200 Structures
Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We’re deploying every resource at our disposal,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom at the top of his Monday news conference.Newsom was, of course, referring to the historically-large wildfires all up and down the state, two of which were the second and third largest ever recorded.CA FIRES UPDATE:– Over 13,000 lightning strikes– 625 fires– 17 major fires, including some of largest in CA history– Over 1.2 million acres burned (nearly size of Grand Canyon)Thank you to all the states that have offered mutual aid to help CA battle these historic fires.— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 24, 2020“At this stage last year, we had 42 wildfires that burned bout 56,000 acres,” said the governor.