‘Unprecedented’ wildfires rage in the United States

Dozens of extreme wind-driven wildfires have burned through forests and towns in US West Coast states, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least nine people.

Sep 11, 2020, updated Sep 11, 2020

1/19The northern California wildfires cast a reddish glow over San Francisco.

2/19The northern California wildfires cast a reddish glow over San Francisco.

3/19Fortunately a marine layer kept the smoke well above the ground improving air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

4/19A layer of smoke from over 2 dozen wildfires burning in California created an eerie orange glow over the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

5/19Firefighters prepare to fight nearby wildfires at a Clackamas County fire station in Oregon City.

6/19At 0% containment, the Azusa wildfire had burned more than 10,000 acres as of Tuesday night.

7/19Mutual aide Animal Control officers from Placer County navigate dangerous roads while conducting welfare checks on animals.

8/19According to reports, more than 100 wildfires were burning across 12 Western US states on September 10.

9/19Northern Valley Animal Disaster Group rescues a horse that was left behind during the Bear fire in Berry Creek, California.

10/19Dense smoke from the Bear fire shrouds the Bidwell Bar Bridge in Butte County, California.

11/19The charred remains of a property and vehicles at the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in Berry Creek.

12/19Dora Negrete holds her dog Scoovy, standing by her destroyed mobile home at the Talent Mobile Estates.

13/19A road shrouded by trees amid dark orange, smoky skies due to wildfires near the hamlet of Alsea, Oregon.

14/19A firefighter puts out a hot spot along Highway 38 northwest of Forrest Falls, California.

15/19Men walk through the fire-ravaged Coleman Creek Estates mobile home park in Phoenix, Oregon.

16/19Dora Negrete is consoled by her son Hector Rocha after seeing their destroyed home.

17/19Maria Centeno from Mexico reacts after seeing her destroyed mobile home in Talent, Oregon.

18/19Animal Control officers search a destroyed neighbourhood for pets left behind during the Bear fire in Berry Creek, California.

19/19Wildfire in the hills above the city lights Of El Cajon, California.