Cal Fire Warns 29 Million Dead Trees From Drought Pose Fire Risk

AUBURN (CBS13) — Cal Fire is warning fire season is creeping up and will return with a vengeance after California’s drought killed millions of trees.
Fire officials are warning those drought trees pose an even greater threat than ever.
Images of the Fresno County foothills show the spread of tree death, and the reason Cal Fire has hired hundreds of new firefighters just to start fuel reduction.
In 2013, the Rim Fire burned tens of thousands of acres in the Stanislaus National Forest.