Raging U.S. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations, kill horses

“Residents in many westerns states have been evacuated from their homes as hot, dry, and windy conditions have caused several large fires to burn actively”.

Strong winds continued to fuel wildfires ravaging across Idaho on August. 17, where multiple blazes have resulted in the destruction of 42 homes and at least 79 buildings up north near the town of Kamiah.

The Canyon Creek fire in Oregon has become one of the most destructive wildfires in the country this summer, having burned more than 40,000 acres since it was sparked by lightning.

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In Chelan, some 32 homes have been destroyed, authorities told King 5 News, with the number expected to rise to between 50 and 75 structures, commercial and residential.

Big wildfires threatened the Lake Chelan resort region of central Washington on Monday after driving away tourists, destroying a warehouse filled with almost 2 million pounds of apples and forcing thousands of residents to flee.

In Chelan, a town between Seattle and Spokane where several weekend fires forced 1,500 evacuations and dozens of homes were feared to have burned, longtime farmer Nels Soderstrom saw those conditions firsthand.

News reports indicate that the fire, ignited by lightning strikes Friday, also burned a winery and a lumber yard.

One of the state’s largest blazes, the Route Complex, had razed 28,401 acres and was 28% contained early Monday, authorities said.

Not even 25,000 firefighters can keep the fires contained.

Because the fire destroyed the herd’s habitat, the bureau will launch an emergency effort to gather more than 200 horses in the near future.

The soldiers will be outfitted with wildland fire Personal Protective Equipment and all of the other gear they will need to serve as wildland firefighters.

Even so, the fires burning in the Pacific Northwest take priority when it comes to allocating pinched resources.

Two hundred active military personnel from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington have been selected to split up into 20-person fire crews, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

The declaration authorizes the state fire marshal to mobilize fire resources from around the state to protect homes.

A 70-year-old woman was killed when she fell while preparing to flee from the wildfire, the Idaho County Sheriff’s Department said Saturday.

“All the kids I’ve had and all my friends that were firemen, every one of them tried to come down here and put this out, but they couldn’t get here”, Cool said.

The next day he drove by his house and “everything was gone”.

Near Los Angeles crews battles triple digit heat as they tried to contain five separate wildfires that jumped roads and brought down power lines.