Nearly 1 million acres of forest and grassland have been charred, surpassing 2005 as the worst year on record
Arizona set a dubious record Wednesday when a blaze near the Grand Canyon pushed total acreage blackened by wildfires this year to an all-time high of 981,748, surpassing the previous mark of 975,178 acres in 2005.
The 2011 fire season stands unrivaled in its destruction of wildlands due to an early-summer combination of extremely dry weather and windy conditions that fed several monster fires that tore through hundreds of thousands of acres of forest and grasslands. Since then, mostly monsoon-storm-sparked fires have added to the tally, though they have been less destructive because of humidity and moisture from the storms. Article courtesy of The Arizona Republic by Connor Radnovich
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