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As of November 1st about 4,149,345 million acres, an area the size of the state of Connecticut, in California have burned from over 8,834 wildfires since the beginning of the year.*
To date, the total number of fatalities from these fires is 31, and over 10,488 structures have been damaged or destroyed.
* Numbers include fires CAL FIRE responded to and US Forest Service fires. Some are as small as 10 acres.

On October 12th there were 23 major wildfires burning.
By November 1st there were 7 .
Three of the 4 largest fires in California history (since 1932) and 5 of the top 20 occurred in 2020.

California historically experiences some of the most devastating wildfires in the months of September and October.
From the begining of the year until September 12th there had been fires of over 100 acres in 47 of California's 58 counties. Only Alpine, Amador, Colusa, Del Norte, Inyo, Modoc, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Sutter had no fires over 100 acres.
Source: 2020 Statewide Fire Summary | CAL FIRE

On September 9th the LA Times tweeted "From San Francisco to Yosemite, social media was filled with images of ominous red and orange skies and smoky air." This picture was taken during the day.
Ashes were falling all around the Sacramento Valley.
Air quality was listed as unhealthy starting on Labor Day Sept 7 for San Francisco, the East Bay and Peninsula, Redwood City, San Mateo, ... because of the Smoke. Street lights were left on all day in San Francisco.
See air quality below:

Watershed hazard mitigation underway in @CountyofNapa around #LakeBerryessa. Toxic debris from the #LNUfire can pollute waterways. So @Cal_OES and the #CCC are working to protect our drinking water. WATCH THIS YouTube

Northern California Map
The map shows just north central California but the data below includes the whole state.
See Cal Fire's Active fire list for a map with all fires.
Map to Oregon border

2020 Fires

See also Northern California Wildfires: Where To Find Updates On Air Quality, Evacuations, And Official Information - capradio.org

See Fire Map above.

I left my car windows open a crack because of the 108° temperature and it was covered with ash from the fires in the morning.