Crews search for dead in Oregon as wildfires rage
Search and rescue crews resumed their search for the dead on Sunday among blackened ruins left by massive wildfires raging in three western U.S. states, where millions of acres have burned and "mass fatality" incidents are feared in Oregon.
Crews using dogs combed through a charred neighborhood in Phoenix, Oregon. In Eagle Point, drone footage showed burnt out vehicles and residential streets with little left but the foundations of homes.
As of Sunday morning, there were 35 active fires burning in Oregon and at least ten people have been killed. Oregon Governor Kate Brown said that dozens of people were still missing across three counties.
In California's Angeles National Park, flames engulfed trees near a picnic area. Nearly 17,000 firefighters were battling 29 major blazes in the state on Sunday.
In Washington state, fires burning around Seattle transformed the skyline into a hazy orange tint from the smoke.
The thick smokey haze had even settled over Vancouver, Canada, where the wildfire service said much of southern British Columbia is also at a "high" risk for wildfires.
The smoke and ash from the fires has created some of the world's worst air-quality levels and has driven residents indoors.
The wildfires in the U.S. west have destroyed thousands of homes and a half dozen small towns this summer, scorching a landscape the size of New Jersey and killing more than two dozen people since early August.
