California wildfires intensify: Post fire marches toward Pyramid Lake
A major wildfire in northern Los Angeles County continued burning Monday evening southeast toward Pyramid Lake, scorching more than 15,000 acres to become the state’s largest blaze of the year.… Since Saturday, more than 20 fires sparked across California, burning over 20,000 acres…. Such early-season fires are fueled by heat-dried grasses, and Southern California’s hillsides and mountains are dense with vegetation after two back-to-back wet winters. Because of that, more dangerous fires that engulf larger trees and plants are likely in store for later this year, according to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA…. In particular, the forested, high-elevation areas that have endured some of the state’s worst wildfires in recent memory are still moist following two strong wet seasons and haven’t yet started to display much wildfire activity. That could change as conditions get hotter and drier for longer stretches of time…
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