Fire crews have stopped the forward spread of a blaze in Calaveras County; the other in Tuolumne County was quickly extinguished by members of the public.
Campo Fire in Calaveras County
Sonora, CA – California’s dry conditions and temperatures already reaching into the ’90s has CAL Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit (TCU) bracing for a possible catastrophic wildland fire season.
The CAL Fire chart below shows a significant increase in the number of wildfires in the state and on federal lands. The number jumped from 1,065 in 2020 to 1,788 this year, a hike of 723 fires. Even more striking is the spike in acres burned, a nearly 700% increase over last year at this time.
CAL Fire TCU graphic on Wildfire Stats
Escaped debris burns like the Campo Fire sparked on April 29 in Campo Seco in Calaveras County make up some of that number. It scorched 160 acres before it was contained on Tuesday, as earlier reported here. Noting that