171 wildfires burning across Florida
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Wildland firefighters and resources from numerous fire and emergency service departments are working to help suppression efforts, Xinhua news agency reported, citing an update by the Florida Forest Service. The biggest fire is ravaging Gulf County located in the Florida Panhandle, the northwest part of Florida, which is estimated at 12,000 acres (about 4,856 hectares) with containment at 10 per cent, as of Monday morning.
Extreme wildfire in California prompts multiple mandatory evacuations  
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Dubbed Fawn Fire, the fire started some 19 km north of Redding city on Wednesday night, and raged through Thursday afternoon, Xinhua news agency quoted the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) as saying.
All California national forests to be closed due to wildfires
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A statement signed by California's Regional Forester, Jennifer M. Eberlien, said the authority had made the difficult decision "to better provide public and firefighter safety due to the ongoing California wildfire crisis".This closure was scheduled to start from Tuesday until September 17, the statement said. Last week, Forest Service's nine national forests in Northern California had been closed due to extreme fire.
Oregon wildfire burns over 390K acres, 32% contained
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The blaze, which erupted on July 6 due to lightning, has burnt a total of 394,407 acres after merging with the nearby Log Fire, reports Xinhua news agency. "It's shaping up to be another difficult wildfire season. And unfortunately, we're responding to new fires as we continue to recover from last year's devastating fire season," Oregon Governor Kate Brown said in a briefing.
Largest wildfire in Oregon grows with only 7% containment
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The fire, beginning on July 6, has destroyed at least 11 homes and 35 other structures in Klamath County, Xinhua news agency quoted the report by the OregonLive as saying on Friday. Another 1,900 remain under threat. The fire had driven about 2,000 people to evacuate. Its growth prompted new evacuations in Lake County on Thursday evening, the OregonLive report said.
Devastating wildfire conditions in US likely to worsen
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Over 14,000 firefighters are currently battling more than 60 huge wildfires raging in the rural regions of western US, the latest update by InciWeb, an interstate incident information system, said, adding that the conditions are likely to worsen due to bad weather. It warned that the fire would continue to be extremely active with unstable air conditions and extremely dry fuels in the coming days.
2 US firefighters killed while battling wildfire
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The firefighters were killed on Saturday in a plane crash while conducting aerial reconnaissance over the fire near the Prescott National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said in a statement. The fire, which broke out on July 3, forced more evacuations from many small towns in California's Lassen County, Plumas County and Nevada's Washoe County.
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