Wildfires

Wildfires USA

Several wildfires are burning in Wyoming. Two fires are burning in the Shoshone National Forest and another in the Medicine Bow National Forest. A fire southwest of Lander has burned about 1,200 acres of trees, grass and sagebrush.

Ten wildfires are burning in Idaho, according to federal officials, the largest of which: The 6,124-acre Papoose fire, burning about 40 miles west of Salmon; the 2,797-acre Pine Creek fire, about 15 miles northeast of Boise and the 3,060-acre Ridge fire burning about 15 miles north of Lowman.

A new central Oregon wildfire that quickly grew to cover half a square mile has prompted the evacuation of about 120 homes in several subdivisions.

A lightning-caused fire is burning on an estimated 1,600 acres, about 40 miles northwest of Meeker.

In California, a pair of brush fires started burning Tuesday morning near southbound Interstate 5 in the Fort Tejon area.