State firefighters have responded to nearly 2,300 wildfires so far in 2022, burning nearly 11,000 acres, state and federal officials said.

This year’s fire season is “well underway,” said Fire Chief Daniel Berlant, Cal Fire’s deputy director of community wildfire preparedness and mitigation, during a virtual discussion this past Wednesday.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.