Oregon s Bootleg Fire Grows to Over 400K Acres, Now 3rd-Largest Wildfire in State History newsweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A thick haze hangs over Manhattan, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in New York. Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to 6 miles high.
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In this photo provided by the Bootleg Fire incident command, a bear cub clings to a tree after being spotted by a safety officer at the Bootleg Fire in Klamath and Lake counties, Sunday, July 18, 2021. As more fire personnel moved into the area, the cub scurried down the tree trunk and later left after being offered water.
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A thick haze hangs over Manhattan, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in New York. Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to 6 miles high.
Julie Jacobson/AP
In this photo provided by the Bootleg Fire incident command, a bear cub clings to a tree after being spotted by a safety officer at the Bootleg Fire in Klamath and Lake counties, Sunday, July 18, 2021. As more fire personnel moved into the area, the cub scurried down the tree trunk and later left after being offered water.
Crews continue to gain ground on area wildfires koze.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from koze.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Eastern Washington land managed by the state Department of Natural Resources will be closed indefinitely to recreation beginning Friday.
Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz said Tuesday the risk of fires and danger to the public were too great to keep trails, campgrounds and other recreation sites open.
Franz announced the closure during a tour of hills blackened by the Red Apple Fire near Wenatchee. It breaks my heart that we ve reached this point where we have to take drastic action, she said.
The Red Apple Fire was one of nine fires of at least 150 acres burning in Eastern Washington on Tuesday. The Red Apple, Lick Creek and Chuweah Creek fires all exceeded 10,000 acres.