bootleg fire

A wildfire raging in rugged terrain in Northern California has destroyed multiple homes as the state’s largest fire intensifies and numerous other blazes batter the U.S. West.

Out-of-state crews are heading to Montana to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggles with a series of wildfires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes

The nation’s largest wildfire provided wildlife researchers in Oregon with an unexpected experiment

Firefighters continue to battle the Bootleg Fire just north of the California-Oregon border.

The monstrous wildfire burning in Oregon has grown to one-third the size of Rhode Island and spreads miles each day, but evacuations and property losses have been minimal compared to much smaller blazes in densely populated areas of California

Authorities expanded evacuations late Thursday along the eastern edge of the Bootleg Fire, currently the largest in the U.S., and worry it could merge with another blaze.