06 October,2020 08:56 AM IST | San Francisco | Agencies
A home burns in Vacaville, California. File pic/AFP
In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres - in a fire season that is far from over.
The unprecedented figure - an area larger than the state of Connecticut - is more than double the previous record for the most land burned in a single year in California.
"The 4 million mark is unfathomable. It boggles the mind, and it takes your breath away," said Scott McLean, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire. "And that number will grow."
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