There are deaths in the McKinney fire.

Huge blaze burns out of control as crews also battling fires in Montana, Idaho, Hawaii and Texas 

An atmospheric river would be good right now. Normal thunderstorms, if there is such a thing anymore, would wet things down somewhat, but, the lightning in this severe drought can begin fires, too.

McKinney (click here) There is a video to watch.

Wildfires, like the one in Elmo, require evacuations, but, less people are effected due to a small population in most areas of the state.

August 1, 2022

The Elmo Fire (click here) near the western shores of Flathead Lake, quickly grew to nearly 11,000 acres over the weekend and is 0 percent contained, as of Sunday afternoon. The blaze spurred the evacuation of over three dozen homes and could threaten more.

600,000 acres in Texas. Glass bottles in garbage refracting light is said to be the source of the fire. That is a new one. Stop putting glass bottles or any other kind of glass in garbage, they belong in recycle.

July 30, 2022

Firefighters soak the smoldering ground on the coast of Possum Kingdom Lake in Graford, Texas on July 20, 2022.

Sunlight magnified by glass bottles (click here) in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes, fire officials said Thursday.

The July 18 fire on Possum Kingdom Lake’s western shore, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth, took eight days to fully contain.

Chief Bonnie Watkins of the Possum Kingdom West Side Volunteer Fire Department found a trash can packed with party trash that included paper goods, food and numerous glass bottles, according to a department statement Thursday.

Watkins concluded that a wind gust opened the can lid, allowing sunlight magnified by the glass bottles to ignite the paper. The fire built rapidly until the fire spilled from the can and spread to nearby cedar trees, the statement said....

The Moose fire in Idaho is believed to be a human-caused fire. Looking for an arsonist or a careless American.

August 1, 2022

Salmon, Idaho - U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement (click here) and Investigations have determined the Moose Fire north of Salmon was human-caused.

The fire was first spotted July 17. As of August 1, it had burned more than 56,000 acres -- or 87.6 square miles -- an area larger than the Boise city limits.

The specific cause and the events around the fire are still under investigation, but investigators say information will be released as the investigation unfolds....

The Hawaii wildfire is 100 percent contained. Because of the population density in Hawaii when a wildfire hits it can have devastating effects.

July 29, 2022

Honolulu firefighters extinguished a fire (click here) that charred a food truck in the Diamond Head area Thursday night.

One unit with four firefighters responded to the blaze near the intersection of Leahi Avenue and Monsarrat Avenue just before 9:15 p.m. When they arrived, they saw an unoccupied food truck “fully involved in fire” and flames singeing tree limbs overhead, the Honolulu Fire Department said.

Firefighters brought the fire under control and extinguished it at 9:30 p.m. The crew remained at the scene until 10:45 p.m. to extinguish hot spots and smoldering debris.