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The fires that raged in California over the past two weeks consumed thousands of acres and drove residents up and down the state to flee their homes.

The Kincade and Getty fires, both of which were mostly contained by Monday, captured the headlines. But violent winds ignited multiple fires — at one point 16 were burning — and drew the attention of President Trump, who approved federal relief funds for California before using Twitter to blast the state’s readiness for confronting fires. Planned blackouts also kept many Californians without power for days.

California is only midway through its fire season, which traditionally occurs in autumn but has lately extended into summer and winter. But now that the fires have died down for the moment, here is what we have learned.

Fire season has been far less destructive and deadly.

If you only saw the television images and photographs of the fires, you might think California was facing an unprecedented crisis. You would be wrong.