As fires rage across California, utility companies issued warnings and preemptively cut power to customers in high-risk areas across the state, with about 14,000 firefighters now battling 28 major blazes.
So far this year, wildfires have burned more than 2.5 million acres across all state fire jurisdictions—a record number, with four months left to go in this year’s fire season, says the California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).