The Bootleg Fire in south central Oregon, the largest fire in the U.S. currently, expanded to 394,407 acres by Wednesday, while nearly 20,000 firefighters battled dozens of wildfires across the western U.S.
Nearly 20,000 firefighters battled dozens of wildfires across the western U.S. Wednesday as dry, windy weather and potential thunderstorms threatened to hinder containment efforts.
The Bootleg Fire in south central Oregon, the largest fire in the U.S. currently, expanded to 394,407 acres by Wednesday with 32% containment. Wind and dry vegetation have helped fuel the fast-moving fire, and pushed some of the 2,250 firefighters assigned to the incident off the front lines and into designated safety areas for 10 consecutive days.
In northern California, officials issued new voluntary evacuation orders Tuesday evening for communities across the state line in Nevada because of the Tamarack Fire burning south of Lake Tahoe. The 39,045-acre blaze rapidly spread over the weekend, and by Tuesday, it had moved north to Highway 88, prompting the California Department of Transportation to close a portion of the freeway extending to the state line.
The fires are among more than 80 large wildfires burning more than 1.2 million acres across 13 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The highest number of fires are in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California and Washington. State leaders have issued emergency orders and deployed more resources to help firefighting efforts over the past week. Drought across the West has contributed to the
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