Oregon Wildfire Scale Revealed in NASA Images—'Burned Over 132,000 Acres'

As of July 16, the Cow Valley Fire is 132,527 acres in area and only 5 percent contained.

An enormous wildfire has been spotted from space as it tears across Oregon.The blaze, named the Cow Valley Fire, is located near the small town of Brogan about 9 miles east of Ironside, Oregon, and has spread to an area of 132,527 acres.According to the Bureau of Land Management Oregon & Washington via InciWeb, the fire is 5 percent contained. People in nearby regions have been warned they may need to evacuate.

The current perimeter around the fire is 163 miles long. Fire edges remain south of the Malheur Reservoir, east of Brogan and Jamieson, and north of Bully Creek Reservoir.'The rapid spread of the blaze is due to the intense heat wave currently scorching Oregon combined with powerful winds, which allowed the fire to burn the dried grasslands in the region quickly.

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