At least seven people have been killed as the West Coast burns (via toofab)
Meanwhile in Oregon, a 12-year-old boy and his grandmother both perished trying to escape the Santiam Fire.KATUThey had been missing since Tuesday afternoon when they fled the home as the fire stalked through Santiam Canyon.
The boy's desperate father Chris had tried to get to his family but was beaten back by the flames; when he was finally able to return, he found his wife critically injured, but alive. But the following day search crews found Wyatt and his grandmother dead in the family car; the body of the boy's dog was found alongside them.
The family revealed the grandmother had broken her leg just a few days earlier, making walking extremely difficult. At least seven people have died and countless homes have been lost in wildfires that have devastated the US west coast in Washington, Oregon and California, as record temperatures exacerbate the spread.
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