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Smoke from the Western wildfires is so widespread, it reached New York City Hollie Silverman, Michael Guy and Joe Sutton, CNN Share This Smoke seen from the rooftop of the American Cooper Building at 1st Avenue in New York City. | Melvin Rodriguez (CNN) — Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling raging wildfires in the western US, charring more than a million acres, requiring evacuations and creating smoky conditions visible from space. Smoke stretched early Wednesday all the way to the East Coast, including New York City, because high-level winds carried them thousands of miles from th...

Huge and intense Oregon wildfire creating its own weather Oregon's "Bootleg Fire" is so intense it's now creating its own weather. CNN's Dan Simon has more. Posted: Jul 20, 2021 4:20 PM Posted By: CNN As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it's creating its own weather. The fire has scorched more than 606 square miles -- an area larger than Los Angeles and about half the size of Rhode Island. It grew to more than 388,350 acres overnight from Monday to Tuesday and is 30% contained, acc...

  As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it's creating its own weather. The fire has scorched more than 606 square miles -- an area larger than Los Angeles and about half the size of Rhode Island. It grew to more than 388,350 acres overnight from Monday to Tuesday and is 30% contained, according to data from the InciWeb interagency website. It's one of at least eight large fires burning in Oregon and one of at least 83 burning across 13 states, according to the National Interage...

More ready to evacuate in Oregon as massive Bootleg Fire passes 340,000 acres CNN 4 hrs ago By Keith Allen, Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN © National Wildfire Coordinating Group/ZUMA Wire The Bootleg fire burns in southeast Oregon on July 12. 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 ac...

(Photo : Getty Images) The States Attains Preparedness Level 5  Wednesday morning, The Oregon National Guard was deployed to aid in the fight against the large Bootleg Fire, which was about 5% contained. The states attained the Preparedness Level 5 also known as PL5, and this implies that places could witness "complex incidents of wildland fire, which can possibly use up national wildland firefighting resources," as per guidance from the National Interagency Fire Center. Just three days after rising it to Preparedness Level 4, the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center publicized the incr...