Heat-fueled wildfires tear through U.S., consuming thousands of acres

Amid record heat, more than 90 wildfires are raging across the U.S., and Southern California is facing extreme heat later this week, which will cause the wildfire danger to spike, the excessive heat even affecting helicopters, which can only take off with half-loads and fly slower than usual so as not to tax their engines.

Heat-fueled wildfires tear through U.S., consuming thousands of acres

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Heat, drought continue fueling wildfire risk from Texas to California and Washington

Accuweather provided a grim outlook of unrelenting heat, record drought and gusty winds fueling new and existing wildfires, raising the danger of new blazes breaking out across the fire-battered West.

Heat, drought continue fueling wildfire risk from Texas to California and Washington

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National Fire News

The National Interagency Fire Center reported that 22,183 firefighters and support personnel are battling 224 new wildfires, including 13 new large fires, in a year which has seen 51,063 wildfires burn more than 7.8 million acres nationwide.

National Fire News

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Firefighters battle 79 large wildfires nationwide as 200 new fires are reported

The National Interagency Fire Council reported that 22,122 firefighters and support personnel battled 200 wildfires nationwide over the weekend, including five new large fires, noting that the Northwest had the most fire activity in the nation, with 29 large fires and 11 complex incident management teams assigned.

Firefighters battle 79 large wildfires nationwide as 200 new fires are reported

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Smoke transport in the Arctic and intense seasonal fires in Indonesia

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Mark Parrington, Senior Scientist at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts' Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, discussed how wildfires in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere are creating smoky conditions north and south of the Equator this year.

Smoke transport in the Arctic and intense seasonal fires in Indonesia

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Map Shows Largest Active Wildfires in US Right Now

Newsweek provided a map of where wildfires are currently burning across the U.S., with massive blazes burning in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Kansas collectively accounting for millions of acres, with Oregon hosting four of the 10 largest fires currently burning.

Map Shows Largest Active Wildfires in US Right Now

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'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday': Report outlines moments before fatal crash at Utah wildfire

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released its initial report detailing the deadly crash near the Sevier-Millard county line, in Utah, of a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helping fight the Widemouth 2 Fire on August 7th, which killed both pilots.

'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday': Report outlines moments before fatal crash at Utah wildfire

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