Hundreds of Thousands of Acres Are Burning in Oregon, California, and Washington

Flames burn at a home leveled by the Creek Fire along Highway 168 in Fresno County, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2020. Noah Berger/AP Photo

More than 85 fires are burning across the West Coast in an unprecedented event that’s already scorched hundreds of thousands of acres.

In California, at least 25 wildfires are now raging after powerful winds and an extreme heatwave over the weekend.