It's particularly dire in California and Montana, where firefighters are already battling a combined total of 19 large fires.
issued for Placer and El Dorado Counties as it burned uncontained across more than 5,700 acres as of Wednesday night.in Montana Sanders County declared an emergency due to three wildfires near communities in the state's northwest, perFirefighters have reported fighting 26 large fires in Idaho, 11 in Montana and nine in Oregon.
Eight large fires are burning in California and also in Washington, another two are raging in Texas, while Utah and Wyoming each have one big blaze.is making this heat wave hotter, more expansive, and longer lasting than it otherwise would have been. It is drying the environment out even more, making it more likely to burn.
Any fires are more likely to exhibit extreme fire behavior, including forming towering pyrocumulus clouds that are a telltale sign of dangerous conditions on the ground.
The NWS' Storm Prediction Center issued a Critical Fire Weather area for Thursday over central Idaho, parts of central Nebraska and southeast South Dakota. Red Flag Warnings were issued from Idaho to the central Plains, "as well as throughout the Pacific Northwest, where elevated fire weather conditions exist on Friday," the NWS noted.
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