Here’s where fires are in the US

08/24/2020 USA


There were at least 77 large complexes of fires in 15 states across the country on Tuesday night – nearly a third of them in California, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

The fires burned at least 649,054 acres in the 14 states where fires are still spreading, according to the NIFC.

Some 45 million people remain under some kind of hot warning as advice, and by the weekend no delay of the record hit in the West is expected.

Most of California and some surrounding areas are under too much warning about heat from the National Water Service.

Here’s where the largest of the fires has been reported since Tuesday night, according to the NIFC, which counts area fires as complexes, not as a single fire. These numbers will be updated as soon as new data becomes available.

Alaska

Number of fires: seven

Acres burned: More than 26,000 acres

Cause: Lightning strikes have caused most of the 331 fires reported so far this year, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center.

Arizona

Number of fires: 11

Size: More than 31,000 acres

Cause: A lightning strike caused the largest, the Cassadora Springs Fire, according to information on InciWeb Information System.

California

Number of fires: 25

Total size: More than 345,000 acres

Cause: The complex in August, consisting of 20 individual fires, was caused by lightning strikes in the Mendocino National Forest, according to information on InciWeb Information System.

Colorado

Number of fires: Five

Size: More than 135,000 acres

Smoke covers much of Colorado, and the Denver metro area is under an air quality alarm system.

Cause: The Pine Gulch Fire, the largest burning fire now, was caused by lightning, according to an incident report on InciWeb.

Florida

Number of fires: One

Size: More than 100 acres

Cause: Not clear

Idaho

Number of fires: Two

Size: More than 490 acres

Cause: The cause of the Muldoon Fire, which burned about 400 acres, has been investigated.

Montana

Number of fires: Three

Size: nearly 8,000 acres

Cause: The Bear Creek Fire was caused by lightning. It has burned more than 7,500 acres.

Nevada

Number of fires: Two that are completely contained, which means they are no longer widespread.

Size: They burned more than 14,000 acres before they were contained.

Cause: Lightning caused the Poodle Fire, which burned more than 13,600 acres.

New Mexico

Number of fires: Two

Size: More than 2,600 acres

Cause: Lightning also caused the Dark Canyon Fire, which burned more than 3,000 acres.

Oregon

Number of fires: Seven, with two contained

Size: More than 22,000 acres

Cause: The cause of the Indian Creek Fire is being investigated. It has burned more than 14,000 acres.

South Dakota

Number of fires: One

Size: More than 500 acres

Cause: Not clear

Texas

Number of fires: Two

Size: More than 4000 acres

Cause: Not clear

Utah

Number of fires: Four

Size: More than 1500 acres

Cause: Not clear

Washington

Number of fires: Six

Size: More than 44,000 acres

Cause: The Taylor Pond Fire was caused by lightning, according to a Facebook post by the Southeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team. It has burned nearly 38,000 acres.

Wyoming

Number of fires: 1

Size: More than 25,000 acres

Cause: The Waddle Creek Fire, on the border with Montana, is still under investigation, according to CNN affiliate KULR.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the magnitude of the Waddle Creek Fire in Wyoming. The fire burned more than 25,000 acres.

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