Worst Wildfires Might Be Yet To Come

NEPHI,Utah-High temperatures and low humidity hampered more than 20,000 firefighters battling blazes covering an estimated 1,950 square miles in 11 states said Henri Bosson,the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's deputy director for operations.The nation's firefighting preparedness has moved to its highest level this week,and officials worry that the worst is to come with forecasts of more lightning and extremely dry conditions.Nearly one-fourth of that land area-about 450 square miles-was burning in Nevada."We are seeing continued drying.We're seeing heavy fuels in the higher country-a lot of grass and dry brush in the lower country,"Bosson said."And we expect that we are going to be seeing a lot more lightning over the next few weeks so we are very,very concerned about the situation.We are just now entering what would now be considered the traditional fire season."The fires are so bad in northern Nevada that volunteer firefighters from the south of the state left for northern regions this morning to provide some much needed support to firefighters who have been battling wildfires for more than a week,reports CBS News affiliate KLAS-TV in Las Vegas.
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