Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that the wildfires sweeping through large portions of the state are “scary” because unusually dry conditions are causing them to spread at extraordinary rates.
Brown made his comments after touring the state Office of Emergency Services’ Operations Center near Sacramento to get a briefing on the fires.
"These are serious fires," Brown told reporters. "People have been killed. Hundreds of structures have been destroyed. There is more to come."
The governor added that the fires have exceeded what computer models predicted on the speed of spread.
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"The fires, once they get going, become very difficult to deal with, very expensive,” Brown said.