Wildfires spark evacuations in 3 U.S. states and Canada amid heat wave

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Axios

By Rebecca Falconer

The extreme heat wave gripping the Western United States and Canada is spurring wildfires in several U.S. states and British Columbia.

Driving the news: Evacuation orders were issued in California, Oregon, Idaho, and B.C. In Arizona, two firefighters died when their aircraft crashed while responding to a wildfire in Mohave County, per a Bureau of Land Management statement.

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Oregon's Bootleg fire was threatening transmission lines that supply California with power after doubling in size to 120 square miles on Saturday.
A huge wildfire in Northern California's Plumas National Forest, known as the Beckwourth Complex, "generated its own lightning," the Los Angeles Times reports.




Read more: https://www.axios.com/wildfires-evacuations-california-oregon-idaho-9f792bee-bc91-4a8b-b201-bdbfdce92cae.html

[Bayard]

1. So sorry for these people

And the environment there.

All the rethuglican governors who sent National Guard troops to the border lately need to be sending them here, for a real emergency.

[pandr32]

2. +1

[BlueWavePsych]

3. K&R