--- description: Cal Fire said Sunday that California's record-breaking wildfires have burned through more than 4 million acres this year title: California's sweeping California's Sweeping Wildfires Have Burned Through More Than 4 Million Acres of Landwildfires have burned through more than 4 million acres of land image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [California](/tag/california/) ## California Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # California's Sweeping Wildfires Have Now Burned Through More Than 4 Million Acres  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2020 6:34 PM CUT  by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2020 6:34 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5896221/california-wildfires-4-million-acres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5896221/california-wildfires-4-million-acres/"},"headline":"California's Sweeping Wildfires Have Now Burned Through More Than 4 Million Acres","datePublished":"2020-10-04T18:34:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T09:17:00.655Z","description":"More than 8,200 wildfires have led to 31 deaths and the destruction of more than 8,400 structures in 2020, according to Cal Fire","url":"https://time.com/5896221/california-wildfires-4-million-acres/","keywords":["California","Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sanya Mansoor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/california/","name":"California"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5896221/california-wildfires-4-million-acres/","name":"California's Sweeping Wildfires Have Now Burned Through More Than 4 Million Acres"}}]}] ```