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California is burning.In recent weeks, hundreds of fires 1 (destroy) structures, torched thousands of acres and blackened the sky with smoke.Fear of the blazes has also led to strategic blackouts that have left millions 2 power.
Fire has always been a part of life California. 3 a series of 4 (factor) have combined to make recent blazes more damaging.Ten of the most destructive fires in the state’s history have happened in the past decade.Things hit new extremes last year with the Camp Fire, 5 caused 85 deaths and burned more than 150,000 acres.
The forces working in concert to spark and spread wildfires pose 6 incredible challenge for California.Climate change is bringing 7 (high) temperatures and more powerful winds that spread the flames.The state’s electrical system is 8 (age), and equipment has been 9 (link) to causing some of the wildfires.There are more than 100 million dead trees in the state’s forests that act 10 material for the blazes.Meanwhile, a statewide housing crisis has pushed more residents to build homes in dangerous fire zones.