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Oregon Wildfire Scorches Area 1.5 times the size of NYC

Washington, the Bootleg Oregon Wildfire, currently the largest active fire in the US, so far the scorch area of ​​1.5 times the size of New York City has destroyed at least 160 houses and 117 other buildings since it erupted on July 6, officials said.
On Monday, The Active Wildfire, which has burned more than 300,000 hectares, 25 percent contained from 22 percent the previous day, reported the Xinhua news agency.
According to fire officials, 2,500 other structures have been threatened by large flames that also triggered the expansion of mass evacuation orders.
Two evacuation centers have been prepared for residents in several cities, including Klamath Falls and Redmond.
Meanwhile, wood fire caught fire a few miles to the northeast Bootleg Fire and has grown to more than 10,000 hectares.
Both fires tended to join, Marcus Kauffman, spokesman for the Oregon forestry department, said in a statement on Monday.
The bootleg fire caught fire through a dry desert conifer forest after ran drought and the temperature above average, according to a report by OregonLive.
Bootleg is one of the more than 80 main fires that go berserk in 13 US states, driven by Heubwave and strong winds, the BBC reported.
Forest fires have shifted more than 1.2 million hectares of state this year, especially in western countries, according to the National Fire Extinguisher Center.
More than 4,000 Blaz has been recorded by the organization so far in 2021, which almost doubled from the total years ago.
In California, five times more hectares are burning compared to the same period last year.

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