Where California regions rank on the fire danger ‘Burning Index’ right now
The 2020 fire season was brutal for California. Wildfires wreaked havoc across the state, burning more than 4.2 million acres, the most in recorded history, and resulting in the deaths of 33 people and the destruction of more than 10,000 structures. The outlook for the 2021 fire season isn’t any more promising. A Chronicle analysis shows multiple measures of fire danger all pointing in the same direction — California is headed toward alarming, perhaps record-setting, dryness, and heightened risk of wildfires.