A fire near Fresno, Calif., September 7, 2020. -

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California firefighters would have done well without this sad record.

The fires in this American state are on an unprecedented scale since 1987. Fires have devastated more than 8,000 km2, nearly 80 times the area of ​​Paris, forcing many residents to flee, firefighters said Monday.

The fire season is not over

"This is the first time in 33 years that we have exceeded two million acres," said Lynne Tolmachoff, spokesperson for the fire department.

“It's clearly a record.

And we are still far from the end of the fire season ”.

As of Monday afternoon, thousands of firefighters were still fighting the fires.

The #ValleyFire currently has eight air tankers assigned to the incident.

When the retardant is dumped it can be a spectacular sight.

Video taken 9/6/20 at 5:14 pm near Alpine pic.twitter.com/rwyXFpEEbD

- CAL FIRE / SAN DIEGO COUNTY FIRE (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) September 7, 2020

Throughout southern California, people were ordered to evacuate and take shelter.

In the north of the state, more than 200 people were evacuated by army helicopters to escape a rapidly spreading fire that started near Fresno.

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