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The fire season is now lasting an average 75 days longer than just 4 decades ago and the 2012 season was one of the worst recorded in terms of acres burned.
2012 was an extreme year for wildfires, and overall fire season now lasts about 75 days longer than forty years ago. Jason Sibold, geography professor at Colorado State University, tells host Steve Curwood that the longer fire season is causing fires in areas that haven’t burned in at least 800 years.