Washington, Europe Brief News – A small town in the state of Washington was evacuated due to a fast-moving fire that burned a half-dozen homes.
Residents of Lind were forced to flee due to the encroaching flames, as the country faces its deadliest and largest wildfire of the year.
Six homes had burned as well as eight other structures. With the help of state and local resources, Wagner said the fire was starting to calm down and by evening all evacuation orders had been lifted.
The evacuation comes as California and much of the rest of the western region of the United States is in a drought and wildfire danger is high, with the historically worst of the fire season still to come.
Fires are burning throughout the region and forecasters have also warned that spiking temperatures and plunging humidity levels could create conditions for further wildfire growth.
Scientists have said climate change has made the West warmer and drier during the last 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
California has seen its largest, most destructive and deadliest wildfires in the last five years.
