US Wildfires 2021: Thousands Of Homes Under Threat; Jet Fuel Shortages Disrupt Flights In US West
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Five firefighters were injured while battling Montana’s wildfires
The Bootleg Fire still to be fully contained, growing in the east
Airports in the west are reporting 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 the 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.