Wildfire in Oregon forces 2,000 to evacuate as US West blazes
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/16/wildfire-in-oregon-forces-2000-to-evacuate-as-us-west-blazes
Bootleg, burning since July 6, has torched an area larger than New York City and is the largest wildfire burning in the US.
Fire strike teams have carved containment lines around 7 percent of the fire’s perimeter but Incident Commander Joe Hessel said the blaze would continue to expand as it threatened to merge with another blaze, the Log Fire amid dry and blustery conditions.
No serious injuries have been linked to the Bootleg Fire since it started on July 6 but nearly 2,000 homes are threatened, officials said.
“The extremely dry vegetation and weather are not in our favour,” Hessel said on Twitter.
** Those breathing in smoke from wild fires can be a factor into one getting covid too, inflammation on the lungs. — In addition to huge incoming federal relief money for budgets, ops and black hats struggling.