Line, Airport and Davis fires grow in California and Nevada, displacing thousands

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Wildfires in California and Nevada are driving thousands from their homes as firefighters in the air and on the ground work to contain them, amid daytime temperatures nearing 100 degrees. Here is the latest:

More than 60 active large wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres across the western United States, officials say, resulting in emergency declarations across the region. Those who do not have to evacuate are dealing with lost power, closed schools and canceled plans due to fires and excessive heat. Even a performance at the Hollywood Bowl has been called off.

As summer comes to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, the western US is burning, not just with fire but also with record high temperatures.

While 67 active large fires were burning across the US as of Monday morning – having scorched approximately 2,146,170 acres – the majority of fires were raging west of the Mississippi River, including in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, according to the federal government’s National Fire Information Center.

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