Western Wildfires: Crews Make Progress on Huge Oregon Blaze

Western Wildfires: Crews Make Progress on Huge Oregon Blaze
People stand behind the fire line as the flames spread through dry grasses at the Steptoe Canyon Fire in Colton, Wash., on July 22, 2021. August Frank/Lewiston Tribune via AP
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BLY, Ore.—The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California.

In Montana, five firefighters remained hospitalized a day after a thunderstorm and swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said.