Hundreds Of Thousands Of Acres Burn As Fires Spread In West

By Liam Hibbert | The Center Square contributor(Worthy News) – Fires across the southwestern U.S. have picked up early this year, with over 400,000 acres burning just between Utah and Colorado.The quick and early spread of wildfires comes after a short and warm winter across many Western states. In total, over 546,000 acres are currently burning in wildfires across the U.S., with the vast majority in the West. That was about 146% of the average year-to-date acreage burn during the last 10