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Western wildfires: Crews making progress Bootleg Fire in OR as Tamarack Fire in CA spreads

BLY, Ore. — Crews are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire in Oregon, even as fires in neighboring California continue to threaten homes. The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area ...
KTVB

Oregon deputies arresting people violating evacuation orders as Bootleg Fire burns 200,000+ acres

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Bootleg Fire burning in Klamath County tripled in size over the weekend. As of Tuesday morning, the fire has grown to 201,923 acres and it is 0% contained. The Oregon State ...
KTVB

'It's actually changing the weather': Bootleg Fire's 'extreme' behavior briefly forces firefighters to retreat

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — As America’s largest wildfire raged on, firefighters retreated from portions of the fire line overnight Thursday into Friday. At 241,497 acres, officials said the Bootleg Fire ...
abc27

What are pyrocumulus clouds? Fire clouds are again raging on the west coast

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating giant “fire clouds” over the blaze — dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 6 miles ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Monster Wildfire Tests Years of Forest Management Efforts

Ecologists in a vast region of wetlands and forest in remote Oregon have spent the past decade thinning young trees and using planned fires to try to restore the thick stands of ponderosa to a less ...