High risk of wildfires to remain through autumn in some western US states

A new report from the National Interactive Fire Agency predicts that wildland fire potential will remain exceedingly high throughout this month and September in California, the Northwest and Northern Rockies after an already record-breaking fire season.

So far this year, crews have battled 38,207 fires over 3,259,913 acres. That’s 1.1million acres more than during the same period last year and nearly 6,000 more fires.

As of today, large fires continue to burn in 13 states – and there’s no sign of the situation getting better anytime soon.