(TNS) - As wildfires continue to rage across California — including the deadly Carr Fire that injured three Marin firefighters last week — Marin County fire Chief Jason Weber said it’s time to remind residents to be vigilant about fire prevention.

“What’s going on through my head is that I can’t believe it’s only July,” Weber said Monday. “How in the heck are we going to make it another three months, plus?”

After last year’s devastating fires in Napa and Sonoma counties, and an early start to the fire season this year, the solution is to make sure that the Marin community is taking extra precautions such as creating defensible space around homes, Weber said.

“I think the biggest thing is that we’ve got to make sure is — in partnership with our community — that we don’t have a fire here in Marin,” Weber said.

Marin fire departments have dispatched about 66 firefighters and 14 engines to battle the Carr Fire in Shasta County, the Cranston Fire in Riverside County and the Mendocino Complex fires, Weber said.

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