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well the states prolonged fire season is putting pressure on Cal Fire's budget the cost already exceeds the emergency funds originally set aside ABC 7 news reporter David lui takes a closer look at the numbers and how the state will handle this continuing crisis insured losses in the Northern California wildfires alone top 3 billion dollars when you add the Thomas fire and others the cost of cAL FIRE to battle this unprecedented fire season is estimated at 699 million dollars that's approaching half of the HSE s 1.8 billion dollar budget with six months to go in the fiscal year the 699 million dollar figure is 275 million more than cAL FIRE set aside for its emergency fund so cal fire finds itself not only forecasting weather and fire risk but also forecasting budget needs as fire season extends weeks longer than usual finance as well as the legislature to ensure that a money ahead of t