Thousands of firefighters battle big blazes across the West
By NATHAN HOWARD and JOHN ANTCZAKJuly 13, 2021 GMT
BLY, Ore. (AP) An army of firefighters labored in hot, dry and windy weather Tuesday to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western states already sweltering in the second heat wave of the year.
A high-pressure system that created the intense weather was weakening, but temperatures were forecast to remain above normal on the lines of more than 60 active large blazes burning in the West and Alaska.
More than 14,000 firefighters and support personnel were attacking fires covering close to a million acres (1,562 square miles, 4,047 square kilometers) of land, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
Wildfires threaten homes and land across 10 western states
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