"This fire is resistant to stopping at dozer lines," Oregon Department of Forestry officials said Saturday in a news release. "With the critically dry weather and fuels we are experiencing, firefighters are having to constantly re-evaluate their control lines and look for contingency options." On Saturday, fire crews from California and Utah were coming to Montana, Gov. However, forecasters said some could be dry thunderstorms that produce little rain but a lot of lightning, which can spark new blazes. More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in western states, and they had burned more than 5,530 square kilometres of land.

Source: CBC News July 24, 2021 17:37 UTC