Flames from the Bald Range wildfire west of Summerland, B.C. light up the Okanagan sky. (Tracy Sherlock/Submitted) Published August 9, 2026 A fast-moving wildfire crisis has erupted across British Columbia, forcing more than 20,000 people [...]
Firefighters in the Spokane area continue to battle the blaze.
More than 45 large wildfires are burning across the Pacific Northwest, with the season's worst months still ahead, as the nation's biggest blaze tears through Oregon and Idaho, forcing evacuations and straining every firefighting resource in the country. The Big Grass Fire, which ignited July 23 in southwestern Oregon, crossed the state line into Idaho […] The post Pacific Northwest wildfires burn past 1.6 million acres as record fire season intensifies appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 45 large wildfires are burning across the Pacific Northwest, with the season's worst months still ahead, as the nation's biggest blaze tears through Oregon and Idaho, forcing evacuations and straining every firefighting resource in the country. The Big Grass Fire, which ignited July 23 in southwestern Oregon, crossed the state line into Idaho and consumed 301,000 acres in less than a week, with only 15 percent of the blaze contained as of midweek. The Bureau of Land Management, leading a multi-agency response, said it was pursuing an aggressive full-suppression strategy to protect communities and critical infrastructure in the fire's path. More than 350 homes in Idaho's Owyhee County sat directly in the line of danger, and…Open