Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for more fire growth as they sought to protect remote communities.
A chimney stands at a destroyed building as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on Sunday, July 31, 2022. – Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities.
The blaze exploded in size to more than 80 square miles just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area of Siskiyou County, according to a Sunday incident report. The cause was under investigation. Several people in the sheriff's office have been affected by evacuation orders due to the fires “and they're still showing up to work so, very dedicated crew,” she said. A deputy lost his childhood home to fire on Friday, she said.As the McKinney fire threatened, some residents chose to stay behind while others heeded orders to leave.
“You look back at the Paradise fire and the Santa Rosa fire and you realize this stuff is very, very serious,” heIn northwest Montana, a fire sparked in grasslands near the town of Elmo had grown to about 17 square miles after advancing into forest. Crews were working along edges of the fire Sunday, and aircraft were expected to continue to make water and retardant drops to help slow the fire's advance, said Sara Rouse, a spokesperson with the interagency team assigned to the fire.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
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