Moscow: Wildfires have burned some 1.2 million acres in western US states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).
A total of 80 large forest fires have been ravaging areas across 13 states, including Montana (18), Idaho (17), as well as California and Oregon (nine each).
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Nearly 20,000 firefighters are involved in efforts to contain fires across the country’s west, according to USA Today, with the local authorities ordering evacuations of thousands of residents.
