US Wildfires 2021: Thousands Of Homes Under Threat; Jet Fuel Shortages Disrupt Fights In US West
By
Marvie Basilan
on July 26 2021 1:45 PM
Wildfires across the U.S. continue to threaten homes and have affected commercial and cargo flights due to jet fuel shortages.
Wildfires continued their death dance across the U.S. West over the weekend, with hundreds of homes burned down in California and thousands more threatened, causing evacuations and sucking in firefighting resources. Airports in western United States reported a shortage of jet fuel as demand from firefighting aircraft kept rising.
The biggest wildfire in California, the Dixie Fire, merged with the smaller Fly Fire over the weekend and leveled dozens of homes in Indian Falls, Northern California, Fox-owned KTVU reported. As of Sunday, the merged fire has been 21% contained, officials said.