Washington state officials had to go door-to-door to evacuate residents in Klickitat County. A huge wildfire raged unchecked in the southern part of Washington State on Saturday. It grew larger after burning 30,000 acres of land in less than 24 hours. The wildfire forced residents to leave in a short notice to save their lives.
There are questions about how the fire that have not been made clear. The cause of the fire is under investigation. There has been no reports of death or injuries. On Sunday morning, Washington governor Jay Inslee told a national audience on ABC’s This Week that climate change is “pounding on the door”. According to the National Interagency Fire Center about 29 wildfires are burning across seven US states including Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, and Oregon.
It was reported this weekend that the fire was threatening homes in the Yakama Indian Reservation, a community of about 80 residents 120 miles (190 km) east of Portland, Oregon. Homes, solar and wind farms, wheat fields, a gas pipeline and livestock were damaged.
Global warming is a culprit some experts are saying. Temperatures have entered uncharted territory this summer due to an emerging El Niño warming pattern. There are also those talking about the climate crisis, driven by the burning of fossil fuels. An interesting piece of information popped up that June was the planet’s hottest month in human history.
As has been reported for about a month now, smoke from hundreds of wildfires in western and central Canada is still blowing across the US border into the Upper Midwest. That is expected to drift across northern Minnesota and the Great Lakes. Around the world, larger, more intense and erratic wildfires are being fuelled by extreme heat and drought.
