Early Fire Season: Cal Fire has already responded to 1,354 wildfires this year
Wildfire season starts early in California
Fire officials are warning that wildfire season is off to an early start in 2021 in California, because of the dry winter. KTVU s Tom Vacar reports about a recent fire that was a close call for residents in Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Calif. - If you think there have been a lot of wildfires as of late, you are spot on. But the worst of the season is still ahead of us as we brace for the next seven months.
For firefighters, it s already an early and scary fire whack-a-mole scenario. Thanks to great firefighting and some defensible space, Thursday s wind-whipped fire in Pittsburg did not take out the neighborhood along Hillview Drive. But, it was a close call, with a few residents losing out buildings, but not their homes.