Major wildfires burning across the West have consumed tens of thousands of acres and forced evacuations in at least three states.
Firefighters are trying to contain a growing wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather and wind feed flames.
|Sherpa Fire
The biggest concern is the so-called Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County, California. The Sherpa Fire in California grew to about 1,400 acres overnight after forcing authorities to evacuate 400 homes and businesses and to close part of the 101 Freeway, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office and Reuters.
The fire is tearing through coastal canyons west of Santa Barbara, scorching an area that hadn't burned in 60 years, according to Fox News.
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