Record US fires burn 1.6 million hectares

By Adrees Latif
Updated October 5 2020 - 10:56am, first published 10:54am
California has has suffered five of the six largest wildfires in its history this year.
California has has suffered five of the six largest wildfires in its history this year.

Wildfires in California have now burned more than 1.6 million hectares in 2020, over twice the previous record for any year and an area larger than Connecticut.

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