The fires erupted as the West was in the grip of the second bout of dangerously high temperatures in just a few weeks. The Beckwourth Complex, two lightning-ignited blazes, covered about 140 square miles (362 square kilometers) on Northern California’s border with Nevada. Plumas National Forest officials said firefighters successfully contained almost a quarter of the blaze but still expected some extreme fire activity. In central Oregon, a wildfire that started Sunday near the resort town of Sisters doubled in size to 6.2 square miles (16 square kilometers). Elsewhere, a forest fire started during lightning storms in southeast Washington grew to 86 square miles (223 square kilometers).

Source: ABC News July 12, 2021 13:41 UTC