Oregons Bootleg Fire is torching an area larger than NYC. Firefighters are scrambling to contain it.
Oregons Bootleg Fire is torching an...
The fast-moving Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has scorched an area thousands of acres larger than New York City - prompting new evacuations and increasing concerns over thinning resources as the state enters the highest level of wildfire preparedness.
The conflagration is one of thousands of wildfires torching areas as far east as Minnesota, signs of another potentially dire fire season.
"We are seeing conditions that we usually see in mid-August," said Alison Green, public affairs director for the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshals. "It's been extreme fire behavior over the last week that has created conditions that are certainly challenging."