GRAPHIC-The age of the 'megafire'

By Sharon Bernstein and Manas Sharma

Wildfires shattered records across a number of U.S. states in 2020, with scientists and state officials placing much of the blame on climate change.

While nearly 57,000 wildfires sparked across California last year, much of the resulting damage was done by one of 11 "megafires" — blazes engulfing more than 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares), according to the U.S. Forest Service.

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The following Reuters interactive looks at the evolution of massive, record-setting fires across various U.S. states. Open this link in an external browser: https://tmsnrt.rs/2KVXP1V