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Dozens of people are missing in Oregon’s Jackson, Marion and Lane counties, Gov. Kate Brown said, and at least 24 people have died and about half a million in the state have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to the huge fires that we are fueling. strong winds burn the west coast of the United States.

Nearly 100 wildfires have burned an area of ​​20,000 square miles in the western states, with Oregon being the hardest hit.

The head of the state emergency management office stressed that the authorities are prepared for possible “massive accidents.”

In California, more than 68,000 people have received evacuation orders. The largest fire in the history of this state has so far burned nearly 3 million acres in Mendocino National Park, northwest of Sacramento.

Source: Athens / Macedonia News Agency

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