Wildfires

Wildfires - USA

A wildfire raging in the Sierra National Forest in southern California since July 22 has burned through over 11,000 acres and continues on a path of destruction as firefighters continue attempts at containment.

Four wildfires are actively burning in western Montana and have led to some evacuations and road and trail closures, having scorched over 36 square miles.

Lightning late last week touched off dozens of fires in southwest Oregon near Glendale. Most of the small ones were contained, and some merged into larger fires that make up the Douglas Complex. Those fires have burned 21,000 acres, or nearly 33 square miles, and were just 2 percent contained as of Monday afternoon. Seventy-five houses have been evacuated and another 40 are on evacuation alert.