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California wildfires have already set the record for number of acres burned in a year, Governor of the state Gavin Newsom has stated.
Newsom informed that fires have already burned 2.3 million acres of land thus far in 2020. At this point in 2019, 118,000 acres of land had burned, he added while addressing members of the press on Tuesday.
On Monday, a fire in San Diego County spread over more than 17,000 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). 14,000 fire fighters were employed for battling the blazes, which left at least eight people dead and destroyed 3,300 structures, Cal Fire said.