California Has Nearly Hit A Record On Wildfire Spending -- Halfway Through Its Budget Year
Firefighters attack the Thomas fire's northern flank near Ojai, California. (Gene Blevins / Reuters)/ California’s state firefighting agency is within days of spending more to fight fires in a single year than ever before, and the fiscal year still has six months to go. As of Friday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, had spent just over $600 million battling a spate of wildfires across the state, including nearly $89 million to fight in Southern California’s Ventura County. That’s far more than ...
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