BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 10, 2020
With three weeks left in 2020, Maine’s annual wildfire total is the highest it has been in the past 35 years. The number of wildfires in the state this year, 1,150, has been aggravated by drought and by more people spending time outside as a way of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, said Bill Hamilton, Maine’s chief forest ranger.