Fire crews continue to battle Oregon wildfires
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COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
In this photo taken with a drone, a pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, is seen over the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday. Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating "fire clouds" over the blaze — dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) and are visible for more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. Authorities have put these clouds at the top of the list of the extreme fire behavior they are seeing on the Bootleg Fire, the largest wildfire burning in the U.S.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
The Bootleg Fire burns in the background behind the Sycan Marsh in southern Oregon on Saturday.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
The Bootleg Fire is seen smoldering in southern Oregon on Saturday.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
The Bootleg Fire burns at night near Highway 34 in southern Oregon on Thursday.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
The Bootleg Fire burns at night near Highway 34 in southern Oregon on Thursday.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
The Bootleg Fire burns at night in southern Oregon on Saturday.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
A public information officer talks with evacuees at a Red Cross Shelter near the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon on Sunday. The destructive Bootleg Fire, one of the largest in modern Oregon history, has already burned more than 476 square miles (1,210 square kilometers), an area about the size of Los Angeles. Meteorologists predicted critically dangerous fire weather through at least Monday with lightning possible in both California and southern Oregon.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
Firefighters battle the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon on Saturday.COURTESY BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND
A DC-10 tanker drops retardant over the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon on Thursday.OREGON OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHALL
Flames and smoke rise from the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firefighter Cameron Taylor, with the Chiloquin Forest Service, gears up before looking for hot spots on the North East side of the Bootleg Fire on Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firefighters Garret Suza, right, and Cameron Taylor, with the Chiloquin Forest Service, search for hot spots on the North East side of the Bootleg Fire near Sprague River, Ore., on Wednesday.