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Devastating wildfires ripped through 10 Western states on Tuesday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to evacuate.<\/p>\n
At least 67 blazes ravaged around 918,000 acres (1,434 square miles) from Alaska to Wyoming, according to the\u00a0National Interagency Fire Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arizona, Idaho and Montana accounted for more than half of the large active fires.<\/p>\n
The largest was the Bootleg Fire, which has ravaged about 316 square miles in southeast Oregon, state fire officials said.<\/p>\n
The fire destroyed about 21 homes and threatened about 2,000 more, officials said.<\/p>\n
Firefighters have been unable to contain blazes in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, near the Klamath County town of Sprague River.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are under extreme weather conditions. The humidity is low, the fuels are highly flammable and all those provide conditions for significant fire activity,\u201d fire spokesman Daniel Omdal said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The blaze had threatened the power supply in California, disrupting service on three transmission lines providing up to 5,500 megawatts of electricity.<\/p>\n
In Northern California, a pair of lightning-ignited blazes dubbed the Beckwourth Complex had torn through 145 square miles of land, including in Plumas National Forest.<\/p>\n
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The fires come as Western states have grappled with dangerously high temperatures for the second time in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
Scientists said the excessive heat along with a climate change-fueled megadrought have contributed to the blazes.<\/p>\n