UPDATE 3-'If you don't leave, you're dead': Oregon wildfire forces hundreds from homes
Reuters
7 hrs ago
(Adds no fatalities or serious injuries reported)
By Deborah Bloom and Sergio Olmos
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 14 (Reuters) - A swiftly spreading wildfire raged through drought-parched timber and brush in south-central Oregon for a ninth day on Wednesday, threatening nearly 2,000 homes and displacing hundreds of residents with little sign of slowing, officials said.
The so-called Bootleg fire had blackened more than 212,000 acres (85,793 hectares) by morning, destroying 21 homes and 54 other structures, with firefighters managing to hack containment lines around just 5% of its perimeter, according to state and federal authorities.