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Oregon wildfire displaces 2,000 residents as blazes flare across U.S. West
Reuters | Jul 17, 2021 12:27 AM EDT
The Bootleg Fire rages across central Oregon state, in Klamath County, Oregon, U.S (Photo : OREGON STATE FIRE MARSHAL /via REUTERS)
Hand crews backed by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in southern Oregon, the largest among dozens of blazes raging across the drought-stricken western United States.
The Bootleg fire has charred more than 227,000 acres (91,860 hectares) of desiccated timber and brush in and around the Fremont-Winema National Forest since erupting on July 6 about 250 miles (400 km) south of Portland.
Oregon blaze threatens 2,000 homes as new wildfires erupt in western states
Reuters | Jul 15, 2021 03:43 PM EDT
The Bootleg Fire rages across central Oregon state, in Klamath County, Oregon, U.S. (Photo : OREGON STATE FIRE MARSHAL /via REUTERS)
Firefighters struggled on Thursday to contain a massive Oregon fire that has displaced hundreds of residents, as new blazes erupted in neighboring states in an unusually early start to the western wildfire season.
More than 1,700 personnel, aided by 12 helicopters, increased containment lines around the Bootleg fire to 7% from 5% on Wednesday, as the swiftly moving blaze threatened nearly 2,000 homes, according to inter-agency InciWeb.
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7/15/2021
By Deborah Bloom
KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, July 15 (Reuters) - Hand crews backed
by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress
a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in
southern Oregon, the largest among dozens of blazes raging
across the drought-stricken western United States.
The Bootleg fire has charred more than 227,000 acres (91,860
hectares) of desiccated timber and brush in and around the
Fremont-Winema National Forest since erupting on July 6 about
250 miles (400 km) south of Portland.
That total, exceeding the land mass of New York City, was
12,000 acres higher than Wednesday s tally. Strike teams have
carved containment lines around 7% of the fires s perimeter, up
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