In pictures: Wildfires scorch western US

10 September 2020, 06:54

California Wildfires
California Wildfires. Picture: PA

California and other states continue to be hit by severe blazes amid heatwave conditions.

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their home and three people have died in wildfires in California.

The blazes come amid prolonged dry and hot conditions in the western United States which have also led to fires in Washington state, Oregon and Idaho.

California Wildfires Rapid Spread
A fire engine drives past a fire on a highway near Fresno, California (Noah Berger/AP)
Northwest Wildfires
A car sits burnt out after a blaze near Brewster, Washington (Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review/AP)
Wildfires Smoky Skies
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is barely visible through smoke from nearby fires (Eric Risberg/AP)
A scorched car rests in a clearing following the Bear Fire
A scorched car rests in a clearing following the Bear Fire in California (Noah Berger/AP)
California Heat
A Coast Guard helicopter flies above the setting sun while patrolling the waters near the Golden Gate Bridge (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group/AP)
Northwest Wildfires
Three chairs are all that remain at the post office in Gates, Oregon (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald/AP)
Climate Disasters
Firefighters watch a fire approach in Oroville, Calif, California (Noah Berger/AP)
Smoke from California wildfires obscures the sky over Oracle Park as the Seattle Mariners take batting practice before their baseball game against the San Francisco Giants
Smoke from California wildfires obscures the sky over Oracle Park as the Seattle Mariners take batting practice before their baseball game against the San Francisco Giants (Tony Avelar/AP)
California Wildfires
A man takes pictures of the sun through thick smoke in San Dimas, California (Jae C Hong/AP)
California Wildfires
Flames shoot from a home in Butte County, California (Noah Berger/AP)

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