Fire officials said West Rim Drive could be intermittently closed over the next couple of days. “They don’t know if it was intentionally set or not, that part is still ongoing”.
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Officials say a large wildfire in south-central Washington has scorched about 275 square miles of brush and grassland.
A fire that has charred more than 84 square miles in the Virginia Mountains near Pyramid Lake was about 41 percent contained.
It’s the largest of several wildfires burning in Washington state.
Evacuation orders remain in place as crews fight the blaze in temperatures that could reach the low 90s. But crews fear gusty winds blowing off the Pacific Ocean could fan flames that forced evacuations earlier on tribal lands near Pyramid Lake north of Reno.
A firefighter was treated for cuts at a Reno hospital Tuesday, but no other injuries were reported. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning through 10 p.m. for hot, dry conditions, with winds forecast to gust up to 35 miles per hour Tuesday night north of U.S. Interstate 80.
The Soberanes Fire began on July 22 and was sparked by an illegal, unattended camp fire in a section in Garrapata State Park that was closed to camping, the U.S. Forest Service said on Tuesday.
Officials are still trying to determine who started the fire and are asking for information from campers who were in the area before the massive blaze charred more than 178 square kilometres and destroyed 57 homes, McClain said.
More than 5,000 firefighters are battling a wildfire, which killed a man operating a bulldozer as it worked the fire line.
Residents have been allowed to return to their homes after a 7-square-mile wildfire prompted the evacuation of about two dozen homes in central Washington. It was the second wildfire-related death in California in a week, another person having been found dead in his vehicle in the path of the Sand Fire in Los Angeles County. It was about 10 percent contained.
At least 14 homes were destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire in the Bitterroot National Forest in western Montana, authorities said Monday.
Also in Montana, a new fire started Tuesday afternoon about 16 miles northwest of Wolf Creek.
Its cause is under investigation.
The C-130s can be mobilized when the civilian tanker fleet is stretched thin. Both were burned by a wildfire fire that blew up Sunday near Hamilton, however, his house survived the fire.
Highway 168, closed from Millerton Road to Auberry Road in Prather, reopened Sunday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities say some fences were damaged, but no homes have been lost.
A wildfire in a popular recreational area in Northern California grew overnight to more than 3 square miles.
In Northeast Oregon, the Weigh Station Fire between Pendleton and Meacham burned about 688 acres and was about 35 percent contained by Tuesday afternoon. Full containment is not expected until August 31.
Almost 1,500 firefighters are battling the blaze burning timber in rugged terrain. It’s not expected to be fully contained until mid-September.
The $60,000 yurt is a round, tent-like structure with a dome roof and plastic skin. Several more are threatened.
Residents in some rural areas have been told to prepare to evacuate quickly if necessary.
Containment of the fires was estimated at about 40 percent.
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Just north of Los Angeles, a 65-square-mile wildfire in wilderness just north of Los Angeles was nearly fully contained and only active with isolated pockets of vegetation burning within a fire lines.
