{"id":73738,"date":"2021-07-14T07:17:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73738"},"modified":"2021-07-14T07:19:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:19:23","slug":"operation-torch-the-west-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73738","title":{"rendered":"“OPERATION TORCH THE WEST” in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

67 Wildfires Spread Across 10 States In US West <\/strong><\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a067 large wildfires burn across ten parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest is in southern Oregon, already threatened to cut power to California.<\/p>\n

Nearly 918,000 acres have burned in 67 large fires across the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0New large fires were reported in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. Type 1 and Type 2 Incident Management Teams are assigned to 24 large fires or complexes. And, more than\u00a014,200 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As record temperatures continue across many states, it’s important to remember that we all play a valuable role in wildfire prevention. –<\/em>NIFC<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fires erupted as much of the Western half of the US is plagued with a megadrought and back-to-back heat waves. This has created the perfect storm of conditions that are fueling dangerous fires.<\/p>\n

The largest fire is the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon. As of Tuesday 1200 ET, the fire has\u00a0burned<\/a>\u00a0202,000 acres and threaten major transmission lines that feed power into northern California.<\/p>\n

California and other surrounding states are plagued with a\u00a0megadrought<\/a>, continuing heat waves, water shortages,\u00a0fears of rolling blackouts<\/a>, and a\u00a0fire season that could be one for the\u00a0record books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The current US wildfire map shows dozens of fires spreading across Western states.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter account “HRRR Smoke Bot” shows near-surface smoke encompassing the West.<\/p>\n