Wildfires

Wildfires - Idaho, USA

Wildfire season accelerated in Idaho on Thursday as evacuations were ordered in the northern part of the state and a massive fire straddling the Idaho-Oregon border grew to 340 square miles.

In southwest Idaho, giant swaths of grassland and sagebrush were consumed by the giant blaze that has intermittently closed U.S. Highway 95, which was reopened Thursday. Winds and temperatures around 100 degrees were expected.

In central Idaho, crews were fighting a 500-acre fire burning in heavy timber about 13 miles north of Crouch.

Wildfires - Washington, USA

Hundreds of people were evacuating Friday from the central Washington city of Chelan as lightning-sparked wildfires threatened homes.