Over a dozen major fires are burning across California, killing seven people so far, destroying over 1,200 structures, spurring tens of thousands of evacuees and reaching record-breaking proportions.

As of Monday, two major fires in Northern California the LNU Lightning Complex fires in Napa County and the SCU Lightning Complex fires in Santa Clara County had both blazed through over 345,000 acres, making them, respectively, the second- and third-largest fires in state history.

In a press conference Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called the 2020 fire season historic, noting that by this time last year, the state had experienced over 4,200 fires that burned about 56,000 acres. Meanwhile, this year, over 7,000 fires have burned more than 1.4 million acres with about 1.2 million acres burning in just over a week . For comparison, over the last five years, an average of about 450,000 acres burned per year.

Over the past week, winds have spread smoke across the region, bringing air quality the EPA deemed unhealthy across the San Francisco Bay Area and far beyond.

More than 170,000 Californians have been ordered to evacuate their homes, according to Cal Fire. The state has provided some 2,200 residents with shelter, Newsom said but officials are grappling with how to safely shelter people in the middle of a pandemic .

About 1,500 evacuees about two-thirds of those the state is sheltering have been placed in hotel rooms. Another 700 or so are staying in 17 different congregate shelters where evacuees undergo health screenings as they enter, with some shelters setting up tents to enable social distancing.

Were battling this pandemic as were battling these historic wildfires up and down California, Newsom said.