俄勒冈州中部Sisters城市面临严重野火威胁。[1]该野火已燃烧约40平方英里,目前仅有5%被控制,风速达到30英里/小时。[1]这场火灾威胁约3000人口的小镇,已有约30人从Sisters北部撤离至当地高中避难所。[1]
与此同时,科罗拉多州与犹他州边境上月快速蔓延的野火导致又一名消防员丧生。[1]43岁的Nathan Matthews来自内布拉斯加州林肯市,于周五死亡,成为该场火灾中第四名遇难消防员。[1]此前在6月27日,Emily Barker(38岁)、Nick Hutcherson(27岁)和Sydney Watson(26岁)三名消防员在同一火灾中当场死亡。[1]
美国西部正经历严重野火季。[1]约300架飞机和5300人参与灭火行动。[1]加拿大也面临严峻形势,当前有926场火灾燃烧,其中82场失控。[1]
A fourth firefighter has died fighting a rapidly spreading wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border, marking a grim toll weeks after the initial outbreak. Nathan Matthews, 43, from Lincoln, Nebraska, died on Friday[1]. He joins three colleagues—Emily Barker, 38; Nick Hutcherson, 27; and Sydney Watson, 26—who perished on June 27 in the same fire[1].
Meanwhile, a separate massive wildfire in central Oregon is threatening the town of Sisters, home to approximately 3,000 residents[1]. The Oregon fire has burned about 40 square miles with only 5 percent contained, driven by wind gusts reaching 30 miles per hour[1]. Around 30 people from areas north of Sisters have been evacuated to a local high school shelter[1]. Firefighting efforts across the western United States are drawing substantial resources, with approximately 300 aircraft and 5,300 personnel engaged in suppression operations[1]. Canada is simultaneously battling 926 active fires, with 82 of them uncontained[1].