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June 5, 2024 - Currently, 10 large, uncontained wildfires have burned 48,313 acres in five states. Arizona has three, California, Florida and New 
Mexico each have two, and Alaska has one. About 1,700 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents around the nation.
Complex incident management teams are assigned to the Blue 2 and Indios fires in the Southwest area. These teams provide a command and control infrastructure in order to manage the operational, logistical, informational, planning, community and safety issues associated with complex incidents.
The national predictive services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center released the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for June through September. Parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida could see above normal potential for wildfires in June. For additional information about the current outlook visit the Outlook page on the NICC site.
Each year, thousands of fires in the United States are caused by people. The major causes of these fires are from loss of control of debris burning; unattended and improperly extinguished or not extinguished campfires; and sparks or heat transfer from the use of vehicles and equipment like chain saws or recreational vehicles including trailers. Become a part of the solution. Everyone can do their part to #RecreateResponsibly and stay safe during the summer months.
Hot temperatures will build across the southern half of the West today with widespread temperatures above 100oF, with some locations nearing or exceeding records for the date. Temperatures will remain closet to normal across the Florida peninsula today, with isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop across the eastern Plains through the Mississippi Valley this afternoon, with some storms likely to be severe from northern Missouri into Minnesota. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are also likely to spread eastward into the Appalachians and Deep South this evening. Much of the Northeast will remain dry, but relative humidity will remain elevated and winds light. Slightly above normal temperatures and isolated thunderstorms will continue for much of Interior Alaska, with the warmest and driest conditions in the Upper Yukon Basin along with breezy afternoon easterly winds. Trade winds and windward showers will continue to diminish for across Hawai’i.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
2 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
10 | |
| Acres from active fires | 48,313 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-6/05/24) | Fires: 16,762 | Acres: 1,969,354 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-6/05/23) | Fires: 19,191 | Acres: 580,085 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/05/22) | Fires: 28,898 | Acres: 1,952,998 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/05/21) | Fires: 26,228 | Acres: 740,522 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/05/20) | Fires: 19,777 | Acres: 502,067 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/05/19) | Fires: 15,784 | Acres: 316,835 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/05/18) | Fires: 24,760 | Acres: 1,755,916 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/05/17) | Fires: 25,540 | Acres: 1,163,813 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/05/16) | Fires: 21,512 | Acres: 1,688,024 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/05/15) | Fires: 22,722 | Acres: 452,075 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/05/14) | Fires: 22,465 | Acres: 747,119 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 16,762 | Acres: 1,969,354 |
Source: NIFC
