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BY HAYLEY SMITH – STAFF WRITER

Despite months of warnings fueled by extreme heat and drought-desiccated conditions, California’s deadly fire season ended with remarkably little area burned, with just 362,403 acres scorched in 2022, compared with more than 2.5 million acres the year prior.

Standing in a field of dry, brown grass in Napa this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and several state officials gathered to mark what they described as “the end of peak wildfire season” in most of California, attributing the year’s relatively small acreage to massive investments in forest health and resilience projects and an expansion of the state’s firefighting fleet.

But although the worst of the season may be behind us, experts noted that the remarkably reduced fire activity is probably less a factor of strategy than good fortune.

“We got really lucky this year,” said Park Williams, an associate professor of geography at UCLA. “By the end of June, things were looking like the dice were loaded very strongly toward big fires because things were very dry, and there was a chance of big heat waves in the summer, and indeed we actually did have a really big heat wave this summer in September. But that coincided with some really well-timed and well-placed rainstorms.”

Indeed, two of the year’s biggest fires — the McKinney fire in Siskiyou County and the Fairview fire in Riverside County — were both left smoldering after the arrival of rainstorms, including the unusual appearance of a tropical storm in the case of the Fairview fire, which helped significantly boost its containment.

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a child in a pink costume holding a trick or treat bucket

We are a couple weeks out from the spookiest night of the year, and we are all preparing for the haunted festivities by decorating our homes with the scariest décor we can find and dressing up our tiny humans in whatever monster they want to be. We are sure to think about ensuring our children are safe, but are you giving your home the same considerations?

According to the National Fire Protection Association, 900 home fires are started by flammable holiday decorations every year, and two of every five of these instances started by candlelight. In order to prevent this unnecessary scare this Halloween and keep your little pumpkins safe, consider these fire safety tips:

This holiday is notorious for spiderwebs, crepe paper and loads of corn and scarecrows, stuffed with dried straw and cornhusks – and all of these things are tinder for a stray ember. Keep these very flammable decorations away from open flames and other heat sources like lightbulbs and heaters.

Jack o’ lanterns are required for a proper Halloween experience, but when it’s time to light them up and show them off, consider using glow sticks or battery-operated candles to illuminate your pumpkin creations. If you insist on open flames, be sure to keep them away from walkways or other places they can be accidentally knocked over.

Make sure that your Halloween hauntings do not block any fire escape routes. Home fires can come out of nowhere, so it is important to be able to get to safety in the quickest, most direct way possible. Happy Halloween!

For more information about Halloween fire safety, call CJ Suppression at 888-821-2334 or visit the website at www.cjsuppression.com.

CJ Suppression proudly serves Corona, CA and all surrounding areas.