Western Wildfire Surge Expands Across US and Canada

Wildfires rage across the western U.S. and Canada amid hot, dry weather: 183 active fires in the United States (94 contained) and more than 3 million acres burned; the Wrights Spring Fire in Oregon has burned tens of thousands of acres and claimed a first responder’s life, with evacuations spreading across several states. In Utah, two helicopter pilots died on a separate blaze, and Canada’s British Columbia reports 103 active wildfires near Okanagan Lake as storms threaten new ignitions. Officials say drought conditions and an unusually warm season are driving the intense fire activity.