Thunderstorms and lightning threaten to spur more fires in US west
by Oliver Milman in New York and Gabrielle Canon in S from US news | The Guardian on (#5MDCP)
More than 80 major wildfires currently burning in western states as Bootleg fire reaches 537 sq miles
Oregon's explosive summer of wildfire is threatening to escalate further, with thunderstorms and lightning set to spur more of the blazes that have torn through much of a parched, dangerously hot US west this year.
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