Hot, dry weather added to the challenges facing California firefighters who are battling to keep flames from driving further into a grove of ancient sequoias, where the base of the world’s tallest tree has been wrapped in protective foil.
A wildfire is threatening several Montana towns and a California blaze that is the largest in the nation has continued to slowly spread as the Western United States burns.
Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in Northern California.
A southeastern Montana wildfire has exploded in size to threaten hundreds of homes as it burns through grasslands around the Crow Indian Reservation near the Wyoming border.