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Fire activity continued to be high in the state with 2,186 wildfires burning 122,724 acres, according to the acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Forest Service. The number of fires is more than twice the 2020 total, while the area burned was already more than 10 times the area burned in 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), Aug 19, 2021 Statewide, 2,009 wildfires burned 118,831 acres, according to the acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Forest Service. The number of fires was more than twice last year's total, and the charred acres were about 10 times what burned in all of 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), Aug 12, 2021 The North Dakota Forest Service reported 69 fires statewide in the past week burning more than 3,200 acres. KX News (Bismarck, N.D.), July 8, 2021 Dry conditions in North Dakota have driven up fire activity, with nearly 1,400 fires blackening about 156 square miles since the start of 2021, according to North Dakota Forest Service and the state Department of Emergency Services. In 2020, about 921 blazes charred roughly 18 square miles. The Associated Press (N.Y.), June 16, 2021 North Dakota has had more than 1,370 wildfires since the start of 2021. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), June 14, 2021 Fire activity continued in North Dakota, although rain slowed things a bit. Since the start of the year, 1,189 fires burned 92,963 acres in the state, according to the North Dakota Fire Service. The area burned in 2021 was already eight times the acreage burned in all of 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), May 27, 2021 North Dakota continued to experience high fire activity with 1,103 wildfires burning 91,611 acres, which is more than seven times the amount of land that burned in all of 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), May 21, 2021 More than 800 wildfires in North Dakota blackened nearly 80,000 acres, or 8 1/2 times the number of acres that burned in all of 2020, according to the acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Forest Service. Rapid City Journal (S.D.), May 9, 2021 North Dakota began seeing wildfires in January with no let up since then as drought intensified. Through May 3, at least 797 known fires consumed 76,474 acres since the start of the year. The area burned so far is nearly six times the roughly 13,000 acres that typically burn annually. The Dickinson Press (N.D.), May 3, 2021 Since the start of the year, 243 fires charred more than 43,000 acres in North Dakota, according to the acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Fire Service. The area already burned in 2021 is more than thrice the amount burned in all of 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), April 17, 2021 Fire activity remained high with 194 fires consuming nearly 34,000 acres, per the North Dakota Forest Service, which is triple the acreage burned in 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), April 8, 2021 More than 140 wildfires in North Dakota have burned over 46 square miles, according to the North Dakota Forest Service. A statewide fire emergency was declared on April 1. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), April 2, 2021 Eighty wildfires have already burned more than 24,000 acres, according to the North Dakota Forest Service. The fire activity in the first part of 2021 already exceeds the roughly 11,500 acres burned in all of 2020. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), March 25, 2021