Dozens of wildfires ravage the West

Source: Associated Press

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. - Dozens of families fled their homes as a wildfire raced out of a canyon in the Black Hills, destroying 27 houses and killing one homeowner who tried to go back to save some belongings, authorities said.

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In Utah, the largest wildfire in state history grew to 283,000 acres on Sunday. The blaze has swept through about 442 square miles of extremely dry sagebrush, cheat grass and pinion juniper in central Utah.

In central Washington state, high wind near Wenatchee spread a brush fire that forced 250 to 270 homes to be temporarily evacuated. At least three outbuildings were destroyed by the 5,800-acre blaze.

Other fires blackened the landscape in Colorado, Montana and Oregon.

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Look at those figures - 283,000 acres. Even Washington is burning.