2021 California wildfires
California's wildfire season started earlier in 2021 than it had in other years.  There was a long drought and much less rainfall than usual.  The reservoirs were also lower than usual. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that, in January 2021 alone, 297 fires happened across 1,171 acres (4.74 km2) of non-federal land. This is almost three times the number of fires than the five-year average.  It is more than 20 times the area of ​​the five-year average. The January fires were worse because of strong Santa Ana winds. Some of the fires burned in the same areas as previous fires.