39 Large Wildfires Continue to Burn

Federal firefighters extinguished 300 small fires over the weekend, but 39 large fires continued to burn an estimated 313,505 acres in 11 western states, reports the National Interagency Fire Center. In an "average" fire year, 106,400 wildfires burn over 4 million acres of land in the United States. Also See: Forest Fires: Impact and Information