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At least twenty-six have died in wildfires on the west coast of the United States, reported the US daily USA Today and the US news channel CNN.
The flames claimed the life of one person in California 20, Oregon 5 and Washington state. The authorities fear that the number of victims will increase.
In Oregon, a 13-year-old boy with his dog on his lap was burned inside a car after trying to escape the flames there, and in Washington state, a one-year-old boy was also a victim of the fire.
Wildfires are wreaking havoc in several western United States states, including Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado and Idaho, authorities said. There are about 28,000 firefighters deployed in the area, assisted by 200 soldiers in California. Due to the fires, air quality has reached damaging levels in many places.
Kate brown The Oregon governor said Friday that 40,000 people in the state so far have been forced to flee their homes. Five hundred thousand people were instructed to prepare for the evacuation. More than four thousand square kilometers in the state are on fire. Doug grafe a local fire marshal said they were fighting 16 major fires. The heat and the wind also subsided, which helps his work.
In California, 14,800 firefighters fought 28 major fires on Friday. In Butte County, 300 miles from San Francisco, 19 people were reported missing Friday night. The death toll could rise because in many places the ground surface is still too hot to thoroughly inspect the area, a local official said.
According to experts, climate change is causing more frequent droughts, heat and extreme weather conditions, leading to an increase in the number of forest fires. In the western United States, there are currently 100 major fires spanning more than 18,000 square miles. In California, more than 12,700 square miles were burned by flames this year, according to law enforcement data. Six of the current wildfires are among the 20 largest fires in state history. Wildfires have been in California since 1930.
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