What has led to the explosion of wildfires across the West?
August 5, 2026Updated: August 5, 2026, 3:47 pm EDTPublished: August 5, 2026, 3:19 pm EDT

More than two million acres have burned across the U.S. this year, with the vast majority of that being in the West. Spokane’s Old Trails fire has joined fires earlier this year in Washington and Oregon, such as the Coleman Creek and Kaiser Canyon fires. So why are the fires exceptionally bad this year? Meteorologist Jennifer Gray breaks down why we are seeing numbers off the charts when it comes to wildfires this season.

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