Meanwhile, red flag warnings (fire weather) cover parts of eight states in the plains and out west, and we approach 8 million acres burned in 2024. That puts it into the upper echelon for the last decade, with a couple months to go.Meanwhile, red flag warnings (fire weather) cover parts of eight states in the plains and out west, and we approach 8 million acres burned in 2024. That puts it into the upper echelon for the last decade, with a couple months to go.