Fire Season Is Over: Welcome to the Fire Year
Thirty thousand fires. Two point four million acres burned. And summer hasn’t even started. The numbers coming out of the National Interagency Fire Center this June are staggering. Through early June 2026, wildfire counts are running 140% above the 10-year average. Acreage burned? A hundred ninety-five percent of normal. The agency’s June 1 outlook doesn’t…