Firefighters work to contain 84 large blazes in western US and Canada

Evacuation orders in effect in parts of California and elsewhere, while fire in Oregon is largest active blaze in the US Firefighters across North America are working intensively on containing wildfires across the region on Thursday, including in areas of California, Washington, Oregon, and other states, as well as parts of Canada, as heatwaves reaching record-breaking temperatures continue. The US National Interagency Fire Center said in a report on Wednesday that there were 84 uncontained larg...