Wildfires rage in California and Oregon amid scorching heatwave
Al Jazeera
Firefighters working in searing heat are struggling to contain the largest wildfire in California so far this year.
Firefighters are working in extreme heat across the western United States to contain surging wildfires, the largest of which are burning in California and Oregon, as another heatwave strains power grids across the region. The largest wildfire of the year in California – dubbed the Beckwourth Complex – has been raging in the eastern part of the state along the Nevada state line, burning about 348 square kilometres (134 square miles) to date. State regulators have asked consumers to voluntarily “conserve as much electricity as possible” starting on Monday afternoon to avoid any outages as a result of the blaze.
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