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Image: Wildfires In Oregon Force Mass Evacuations And Threaten Hundreds Of Structures

Western Wildfires

Photos: Wildfires shroud West Coast in smoke

Wildfires raging in the West have killed more than 30 people with dozens of others missing and tens of thousands more in California, Oregon and Washington forced to flee their homes.

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Image: Wildfires continue in Oregon

Hansel Valentine, 24, isurveys the remains of her relatives' burnt property in Estacada, Ore., on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.

Wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington have created hazardous air conditions throughout the Western United States as smoke from the devastating blazes stretches for thousands of miles.

— Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
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The sign of the Oak Park Motel, melted by the flames of the Beachie Creek Fire, in Gates, Ore., east of Salem, on Sunday.

— Rob Schumacher / AFP - Getty Images
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A chicken wanders through charred remains from the Beachie Creek Fire in Lyons, Ore., on Sunday.

— Rob Schumacher / AFP - Getty Images
Image: A search and rescue team looks for victims in the aftermath of the Almeda fire in Talent, Oregon

A search and rescue team, surrounded by red fire retardant, in the aftermath of the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore., on Sept. 13, 2020.

— Adrees Latif / Reuters
Image: Bobcat Fire Burns East Of Los Angeles

Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire Sunday to protect homes from the Bobcat Fire in Arcadia, Calif.

The Bobcat Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained.

— David McNew / Getty Images
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A satellite image from Sunday captures the huge number of wildfires that have broken out in Oregon.

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Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph on Sunday after several days of staying in a tent at an evacuation center at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge in Oak Grove, Ore.

"It's nice enough here you could almost think of this as camping and forget everything else, almost," said Summers about staying at the center after evacuating from nearby Molalla, which was threatened by the Riverside Fire.

— John Locher / AP
Image: A search and rescue team looks for victims in the aftermath of the Almeda fire in Talent, Oregon

A member of a search and rescue team from Salt Lake City, including a canine named Kya, look for victims in Talent, Ore., on Sunday.

— Adrees Latif / Reuters
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Fire retardant coats surfaces in a neighborhood largely destroyed by wildfire in Talent on Sunday. 

— David Ryder / Getty Images
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Homeowners look at their destroyed property in Talent on Sunday. 

— David Ryder / Getty Images
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Melted metal from a burnt car in Talent on Sunday.

— David Ryder / Getty Images
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Margi Wyatt reacts after returning to find her mobile home destroyed by wildfire in Estacada, Ore., on Saturday. Her husband searches in the ruins in the background. 

— Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Smoke from wildfires shrouds Seattle

Smoke from wildfires shrouds the skyline of Seattle on Saturday. 

 

— Karen Ducey / Reuters
Image: Couple arrive to find their home gutted by the Almeda fire in Talent, Oregon

Tracy Koa clasps her hands in gratitude as she and her partner David Tanksley arrive to find their home gutted by the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore., on Saturday.

"We lost everything but at least we have our family. Thank God we left when we did," Koa said.

— Adrees Latif / Reuters
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Cows graze surrounded by thick smoke near Oregon City on Saturday. 

— Roby Beck / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Personnel encircle the collected remains of a fire victim from the Almeda fire in Phoenix, Oregon

Personnel collect the remains of a fire victim in the Bear Lakes Estates neighborhood of Phoenix, Ore., on Saturday. 

— Adrees Latif / Reuters
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A paddle boarder travels along the Willamette River despite heavy smoke on Saturday in Portland, Ore.

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George Coble carries a bucket of water to put out a tree still smoldering on his property in Mill City, Ore., on Saturday. 

— John Locher / AP
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Firefighters light a controlled burn to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Friday.

— Nic Coury / AP
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Desiree Pierce cries as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire on Friday in Talent, Ore. "I just needed to see it, to get some closure," said Pierce.

— John Locher / AP
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Firefighters monitor a controlled burn to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Friday. 

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, called Cal Fire, said that over 16,000 firefighters have been called upon to battle the 28 major wildfires the state has faced so far this year.

— Nic Coury / AP
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A burnt vehicle sits beside a home ravaged by the Creek Fire in Auberry, Fresno County, Calif., on Friday. 

— Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images
Image: The downtown skyline is pictured amidst the smoke from the Bobcat fire in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles skyline is shrouded in smoke from the Bobcat Fire on Thursday.

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— Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
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