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The unprecedented wildfires are raging in the western region of the US hit by a massive heatwave that has led to record temperatures in recent days, forcing communities to evacuate.
According to Press TV, firefighters have been struggling to battle the blazes under extremely difficult conditions. Two firefighters died in Arizona on Saturday when their aircraft crashed while trying to douse the flames.
According to US media reports, at least 52 massive fires are currently burning 748,987 acres in the region, with many showing little sign of control.
The number of fires at this time of the year is the largest in a decade, with over 33,000 fires burning more than 1.9 million acres by July 12, according to the US National Interagency Fire Center.
The blazing fires accompanied by drought, which have burned houses and other structures across the west, have forced mass evacuations. Millions of people are reportedly under heatwave warning.
The National Weather Service has warned that dangerous weather conditions could cause heat-related illnesses in the affected areas.
Pertinently, it comes just weeks after another dangerous heatwave hit North America, in which hundreds of deaths were recorded, many of them being heat-related.
Several areas in Nevada and California have passed record temperatures, according to preliminary data by the National Weather Service (NWS), and the extreme heat is expected to get worse.
A temperature of 54.4C (130F) was registered in California’s Death Valley on Sunday, beating the heat recorded in August 2020 – which some say is the highest temperature ever recorded on earth.
