As wildfires burn, thousands of orders placed in evacuation orders in California and Oregon | West Coast

Thousands of houses in the north California Wine Country and Central Oregon Fire crew fight under evacuation order Wildfire In dry, hot weather.

According to Monday morning, the Pickett Fire charred 6,800 acres of Napa County, just 13%. California Forestry and Fire Department or Cal Fire.

Jason Clay said about 150 people left their homes, while another 360 were evacuated warnings as the fire threatened 500 buildings near Aetna Springs and Pope Valley, 80 miles north of San Francisco. Some evacuation orders were later cancelled.

exist OregonAccording to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the flat fire in Deschutes and Jefferson County had about 4,000 homes under evacuation notices at all levels, including 1,000 orders to leave immediately.

Firefighters were able to cut down the containment lines and continue to curb fires in certain residential areas. However, in some areas, they face major challenges with tough terrain, low humidity and triple-digit temperatures.

Some homes have burned down and officials say they are working to confirm the status of the structure.

More than 1,230 firefighters supported by 10 helicopters are fighting the California fire, which began in a remote area Thursday after a week of hot weather. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Residents in the western United States have been stuffy in the heat wave of hospitalization, with temperatures reaching dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.

Even after the heat wave subsides, the risk will remain. With the lowest moisture content in California and the Pacific Northwest, fire danger is expected to climb from next month to October.

Vegetation is Dangerously dry Part of Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming.

The heat will bake moisture from the already burnt landscape and increase the potential for ignition, rapid shooting and extreme fire behaviors – also pose a major threat to public health.

Extremely high calories, commonly known as “silence killer”, have Ranking The death toll is increasing with the deadliest weather-related disasters in the United States. quilt Climate crisisand is often exacerbated by concrete cityscapes that cook as temperatures rise, the heat waves get longer, larger, and more intense.

The Pickett Fire began in the same area as the 2020 large glass fire, which crossed Sonoma County, and eventually burned down about 105 square miles (272 square kilometers) and more than 1,500 structures.

Clay said the 2020 fires were driven by wind, while the current fires were mostly burning on dry vegetation on steep hillsides—some of which were dead, and the fallen trees of the glass fire and some of the grass and brushes grew again, and then turned out again.

Jason Carr, spokesman for Deschutes County Sheriff, said the Oregon fires were in a highly desert climate, and in the canyon area, hay and juniper trees burned in the canyon area, making it challenging to build a curb line.

The fire began Thursday night and developed rapidly in hot gusts. Chris Schimmer, a state fire marshal spokesman, said in a video posted on Facebook that fire officials have been following the isolated thunderstorm in southern Oregon.

“If we get the roll of a thunderstorm, it could… cause a fire to jump [containment] line.