Yet again due to human negligence, the wildlife have to suffer along with the huge damage to the nature. Almost 80% of the wildfires are caused by humans and spread due to lack of awareness regarding the surroundings, the August Complex Fire became the California’s largest ever wildfire this week. It grew to 746,607 acres, up from 471,185 a day earlier, authorities said.
Ten people have been confirmed dead in past 24 hours across California, Oregon and Washington, but officials say some areas are still impossible to reach. Over half a million people have been evacuated the authorities confirmed.
Kate Brown, the Governor stated that amount of land burned up by fires in just last 72 hours was twice the state’s annual average. And at least five towns had been substantially destroyed.
“We have never seen this amount of uncontained fire across our state,” she told a press conference.
“We know that there are fire related fatalities. And as soon as we are able to provide confirmed information, we will do so.”
Local Oregon officials have confirmed two deaths in the Santiam Canyon region, 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Portland, and another was recorded in the Ashland area, near the California border.
Police went door to door to make sure that residents were evacuating the Molalla, marking their driveways with spray paint to show they had left.
All three West Coast states have been scrambling to contain rapidly spreading wildfires since the weekend due to unprecedented heat waves followed by intense, dry winds.
