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The Bootleg Fire has burned more than 300,000 acres in southern Oregon and continues to grow as more than 80 large wildfires in the West forced evacuations. The fire, currently the nation's largest, is fueled by extremely dry vegetation and low humidity and it grew at a rate of about one football field every five seconds over its first 10 days.
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) reports 67 large wildfires burn across ten parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest is in southern Oregon, already threatened to cut power to California. Nearly 918,000 acres have burned in 67 large fires across the United States. New large fires were reported in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. Type| USSA News
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Collecting and melting snow. >> reporter: what unfolded in texas may no longer be a once in a lifetime event. this tragedy exposing one of the most fragile part of our country, its crumbling and ill-fitted infrastructure. in the northwest, it was support attic weather patterns connected to climate change that created a once in a millennia heat wave, resulting in some of the highest temperatures recorded in the region. temperatures in portland, seattle, and parts of canada soaring well above 100 degrees. at least 228 people dying in washington state and oregon alone. >> electricity went off. an...
California's biggest plays, the dixie wildfire, california's biggest blaze, is growing rapidly. firefighters are battling day and night to try to bring this under control, but it's with such ferocity that it's making its own weather, creating huge clouds that are generating lightning strikes across the region. about a fifth of the fire's perimeter has been contained, but officials say the extreme nature of the fire, along with low humidity, is hampering efforts to quell the flames. people have been evacuated from their homes in several nearby counties. smoke from the fire is travelling far and...