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Huge California fire grows as heat spikes again across state Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Full Screen1 / 9 Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Dry and windy conditions have led to increased fire activity as firefighters battle the blaze which ignited July 14. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) GREENVILLE, Calif. – California's largest wildfire exploded again after burning for nearly three weeks in remote mountains and officials warned Tuesday that hot, dry weather would increase the risk of new fires ac...

More ready to evacuate in Oregon as massive Bootleg Fire passes 340,000 acres Keith Allen, Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Updated at Share This (CNN) — Officials are warning more Oregon residents should prepare to evacuate as the Bootleg Fire scorches more than 340,000 acres, with a national fire official warning it could take a major weather event to subdue the flames. There are currently 80 large wildfires raging in 13 states across the US, burning more than 1.1 million acres, mostly in western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Montana has reporte...

Hundreds of lightning bolts hit dry Oregon, start new fires The Oregon Department of Forestry estimated the number of new fires at 50. No towns or homes were immediately threatened. Credit: Inciweb The Skyline Ridge Complex Fire was sparked by lightning about five miles southeast of the Days Creek community in southern Oregon. Author: Associated Press Updated: 5:37 PM PDT August 3, 2021 SALEM, Ore. — Lightning bolts struck the parched forests of southern Oregon hundreds of times in 24 hours, igniting some 50 new wildfires even as the nation's largest wildfir...

Huge California Fire Grows as Heat Spikes Again Across State More than 20,000 firefighters and support personnel were battling 97 large, active wildfires covering 2,919 square miles in 13 U.S. states on Tuesday Published August 3, 2021 • Updated 5 hours ago NBCUniversal Media, LLC California's largest wildfire exploded again after burning for nearly three weeks in remote mountains and officials warned Tuesday that hot, dry weather would increase the risk of new fires across much of the state. Firefighters saved homes Monday in the small northern California community of Greenvil...

Huge California fire grows as heat spikes again across state Traffic was backed up for miles on Waikoloa Road and Queen Kaahumanu Highway after a mandatory evacuation was ordered as a wildfire approached the Waikoloa Village area in Hawaii Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today via AP) August 03, 2021 - 7:58 PM GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California's largest wildfire exploded again after burning for nearly three weeks in remote mountains and officials warned Tuesday that hot, dry weather would increase the risk of new fires across much of t...