Western wildfires: Over 300K acres burned across 6 states; 2 firefighters dead after plane crashes in Arizona

The largest, the so-called Bootleg Fire, burned across 143,607 acres in Oregon and was 0% contained. Officials in neighboring state California asked all residents to reduce power consumption quickly after the fire knocked out interstate power lines, preventing up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity from flowing into the state.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2021/07/11/western-united-states-wildfires-california-oregon-arizona/7932453002/