10% of Oregon residents had to escape their homes because the fires are out of control.

New York Times

Wildfires rage in the West

Fires continue to spread across the Western U.S. More than 500,000 Oregon residents — over 10 percent of the state’s population — have evacuated their homes.

States usually send firefighters to help nearby states battle wildfires. But with so much of the West now on fire, there aren’t enough firefighters to go around. “California, Oregon, Washington — we are all in the same soup of cataclysmic fire,” Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington said.

Map: The Times is tracking the location of the fires along the West Coast.