The number of fires in 2024 is lower than the 10-year to-date average, but the number of acres burned has surpassed the 10-year average of 4.1 million.
As of August 14, 29,132 fires have burned more than 5.2 million acres in the United States this year, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Center, with 78 large active fires being managed nationwide. Of the 78 active fires, 23 are in Oregon, 14 in Idaho, and 9 are in Washington, with the others spread across areas of California, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Florida and Texas.
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Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at bmmiller@alm.com.
.By Brittney Meredith-Miller| August 14, 2024 at 08:58 AM