Across the West, high winds and temperatures exacerbated already dangerous fire conditions, prompting the National Weather Service to issue red-flag warnings for wide swaths of eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana and all of Wyoming. Crews in central Washington and Wyoming worked earlier this week to protect homes from two of the many wildfires burning across the West as a destructive fire season stretches into September with no relief expected anytime soon.
In Wenatchee, WA, about 180 homes were evacuated Sunday as homeowners gathered in a cul-de-sac and watched helplessly as a wall of flames inched down a distant hill.
In Wyoming, authorities evacuated 500 people from homes and cabins as a wildfire about 10 miles southeast of Casper quickly grew and warned about 1,000 residents to prepare to leave as the Little Horsethief Fire burned more than 4 square miles in a mountainous area less than two miles south of Jackson.
In western Montana, residents of about 350 homes threatened by a wildfire west of Hamilton were told to leave Monday and the Sawtooth Fire grew to 4 square miles and was threatening houses and businesses.
And in Northern California, weather aided about 1,600 firefighters battling a blaze that is threatening about 300 homes outside of Ukiah.
From The NASF Blog: https://www.stateforesters.org/news-events/blog/west-continues-battle-against-wildfire-season