California wildfires burn record 2m acres as new blazes force evacuations

Area burned is larger than Delaware state as west is shrouded in smoke that has caused some of the worst air quality in the world* California wildfires – live coverageWildfires have burned a record 2m acres of California, with fresh conflagrations forcing thousands to make dramatic evacuations and shrouding much of the US west in smoke that has caused some of the worst air quality in the world.The area burned this year is now larger than the state of Delaware, surpassing the annual state r