The blaze is among a number burning across the U.S. west, where recent heat waves tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight.
Fire Information Officer Jacob Welsh observes smoldering trees on the northern front of the Bootleg Fire Silver Creek, Oregon on Friday.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty ImagesJuly 24, 2021, 5:37 AM PDTByThe Associated Press
The nation’s largest wildfireraged through southern Oregonon Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even aswildfirescontinued to threaten homes in neighboring California.
In Montana, fivefirefightersremained hospitalized a day after a thunderstorm and swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said.
The five had joined other crews working on the 1,300-acre Devil’s Creek fire burning in rough, steep terrain near the rural town of Jordan. The firefighters were building…
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