Unofficial
Wildfire
United States
On Sunday 18 July, media reported that amid oppressively high temperatures and drought affecting the western United States and Canada, the huge fire ravaging the state of Oregon grew again on 18 July and authorities ordered new evacuations, which had already covered more than 2,000 people. Bootleg, the largest of the 80 major active fires in the USA, spread overnight from about 1,100 km2 to 1,170 km2. A huge plume of smoke was billowing up Bootleg in southern Oregon to the Canadian border, hundreds of miles northeast. Overall, containment of the fire has more than tripled, to 22%. Strong winds and widespread thunderstorms remain serious threat. In addition, on 19 July, media reported that the National Interagency Firefighters Center (NIFC) of the United States has reported 80 large active forest fires in 13 states, which cover 468,617 hectares. The fire affecting the state of Oregon is considered the largest this season, with at least 4,428 hectares affected and only 10% of the fire contained. Idaho, Oregon, and California are the states most affected by this series of fires that have been registered since last month in the framework of a heat wave that affects the United States and Canada. The unprecedented heat wave off the west coast of the USA, recorded since last month, with temperatures reaching 51 degrees Celsius in some states, has unleashed a series of wildfires in the western region of the country. The reports are available at: COR Radio Monumental - News, Infobae, and Telesur.
