Forest Service chief: More blazes like California’s on the way

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The nation can expect more wildfires like the ones raging through Southern California
as global climate change heats up the world’s forests, U.S. Forest Service chief Gail Kimbell said Wednesday

“Fires are burning hotter and bigger, becoming more damaging and dangerous to people and to property,” Kimbell said. “Each year the fire season comes earlier and lasts longer.”

Kimbell warned about the effects of global warming in a speech to the Society of American Foresters in
Portland.