Monday, 17 August 2015

Wildfires

Wildfires - USA

Wildfires ravaged four Western states Sunday, with scores of homes and cabins lost, and many more menaced by flames.

In Idaho, the Soda Fire has covered 283,686 acres in Owyhee County, in the southeast corner of the state. The fire was 25% contained with 860 people working to bring it under control.

The Lawyer Complex Fire near Kamiah, in northwest Idaho, has destroyed an estimated 50 homes and 75 outbuildings, according to the state's Department of Lands. So far, it is 15% contained, with more than 770 people working to bring the flames under control. It includes the Old Greer, Kamiah Gulch, Lawyer 6 and Adams Grade fires, across a combined total of around 20,759 acres.

Wind-pushed fires around Chelan and McNeil Canyon, in central Washington state, burned 38,793 acres and were 30% contained Sunday afternoon.

300 people are battling the Canyon Creek Complex Fire, which covers 34,143 acres in eastern Oregon. Homes have been lost and crews are doing structural assessments now to figure out how many.

In California's Angeles National Forest, the Cabin Fire started Saturday. By Sunday afternoon, it had burned 1,448 acres and was 20% contained.

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