88 Fires Are Burning in 11 Western States, Forcing 8,400 Evacuations

88 Fires Are Burning in 11 Western States, Forcing 8,400 Evacuations
A firefighter passes a burning home as the Dixie Fire flares in Plumas County, Calif., on July 24, 2021. Noah Berger/AP
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Eighty-eight wildfires are burning in 11 Western states as of Monday in a fire season unlike any other in recent history. So far, the fires have destroyed 1,456,925 acres.

According to Inciweb, a national wildfire tracker published by the U.S. Forest Service, the five biggest wildfires by acreage, as of Saturday, are the Bootleg Fire in Oregon, the Dixie Fire in California, the Snake River Complex in Idaho, the Lick Creek (Dry Gulch) Fire in Oregon and Washington, and the Tamarack Fire in Nevada.

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