A firefighter works to extinguish the Lone Rock fire burning in Spray, Oregon, U.S. July 21, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from a video. ALSO READ| ‘Boneless’ chicken wings can have bones, US Supreme Court rulesOregon wildfires literally burn half the size of Rhode IslandAs of Thursday, wildfires this year have burned almost 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) in Oregon and 125,900 acres in Washington, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland, Oregon. In 2020, the worst year in recent memory, Oregon wildfires scorched more than 1.14 million acres, according to a tally by CBS TV affiliate KOIN. The fire grew uncontrolled overnight from 125,000 acres on Thursday to 164,200 acres on Friday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Denver had the worst air quality in the U.S. on Friday and ranked the 30th worst in the world, according to IQAir, a group that tracks air pollution across the globe.

Source: Hindustan Times July 27, 2024 13:54 UTC