Several hundred thousand acres of national forest have burned in recent years.

At least 20 acres also burned in July 2006.

More than 125,500 acres have burned in Yellowstone, the oldest national park.

And two million more acres has burned in Alaska.

More than 5.1 million acres burned last year, the worst fire season in half a century.

But already this year, 1.99 million acres have burned, according to the fire center, more than twice the 10-year average for the entire year.

As of November 9, 2012, more than 100 acres have burned and the fire is 0 percent contained.

By the end of the year, 793,000 acres had burned.

In the same period last year, there were 54,000 fires but 765,000 acres had burned.

At least 32,000 acres of forest and pasture land burned across the country.