EXTREME CLIMATE HAZARDS
INTENSE DROUGHT
HIGH TEMPERATURES
MAJOR LIGHTNING STORMS
DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES
MASS EVACUATIONS
STATES OF EMERGENCY
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18 Major Wildfires burning across the Pacific Northwest
Three of the fires in the state of Washington have become the country’s top three priority in the following order:
- Carlton Complex wildfire, about 4 miles south of Pateros
- Chiwaukum Creek Fire, near Leavenworth
- Mills Canyon Fire, near Entiat
Fire crews from across the U.S. have arrived to assist the locals, officials said.
The Carlton Complex was one of the major lightning-sparked wildfires burning Saturday across the Pacific Northwest.
The massive blaze has destroyed more than 130 homes in the city of Pateros and the community of Chiliwist.
“This is such a huge fire. There’s so much loss of property. It’s overwhelming,” said Okanogan County Sheriff on Saturday. “It’s a massive fire with a lot of destruction.”
“At 5 p.m. 129 homes in the Antoine Creek area, about 10 miles northeast of Chelan, were given Level 3 (get out now) evacuation notices, as firefighters battled tinder-dry conditions and erratic winds,” said a report.
The blaze, which has so far consumed about 900km², has also damaged transmission lines in the region, cutting power to thousands of homes in the Methow Valley and surrounding areas.
Last week the governors of Washington and Oregon declared states of emergency after dozens of lightening-sparked wildfires erupted across the region.
The region’s largest blaze, the Buzzard Complex, sparked by lightning on July 14, has burned about 1,500km² of rangeland in eastern Oregon, according to Inciweb.
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