Several fires sparked across California Thursday including one in Prunedale.The Prunedale fire grew to just two acres off of Moro Road but forced people from their homes on Moro Circle."I, unfortunately, just got rattled. I was looking for my cat, and trying to get the bird to put in the cage and trying to get my possessions and I just got rattled," Prunedale resident Christine Saling said on why she didn't evacuate when given the order. Saling said firefighters acted quickly. "It was frightening for a good 30 minutes. They were fast, they moved really fast." The fire was one of many sparking across the state in what could be an active fire season. Some firefighters say last year's fire season never ended.Cal Fire BEU captain George Nunez said from Jan. 1 to April 25 of 2020, there were 814 fires burning approximately 1,000 acres. This year, for the same time period, there have already been 1,354 fires burning about 2,219 acres."Much worse than last year," Nunez said. "We're projecting another difficult one. We're in the second year of a drought. "Last year, the central coast saw the most destructive season in history with the CZU Lightning Complex, Dolan, River, and Carmel fires burning hundreds of thousands of acres and destroying thousands of structures.The new fire activity comes as the state is still cleaning up from last year's season.The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) have cleared burned metal, concrete, ash, and contaminated soil from 709, or 97.1 percent, of the 730 participating properties in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. Statewide, contractors have finished removing debris from 2,757, or 72.6 percent, of 3,798 participating parcels.Riley Tarp-Braasch is one of the few still clearing her property of debris and recovering eight months after the River Fire tore through her family's 2,000 acres."During the fire, the roads to get to some people's houses had messed up so we're regrading all of that and the water lines have been melted away as well so they're still repairing that," Tarp-Braasch said.In early April, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers agreed on appropriating $536 million for wildfire prevention as the state faces more drought and an elevated fire risk.The money would provide improved prevention for all parts of California and would pay for forest maintenance, defensible space, home hardening, and vegetation management.The state also announced the hiring of an additional 1,400 firefighters for the upcoming season.Cal Fire says Monterey and San Benito County stations are beginning to see extra resources that will continue through June."We're working on more crews, more staff, and the infrastructure behind it," Nunez said.Nunez said the residential burn ban begins on Friday.