Overcast skies and higher humidity helped fire crews get a preliminary line around a wildfire in Lewis County. Evacuations have been lifted, and there have been no reports of injuries.
While the cooler weather is helping firefighting efforts, crews are keeping an eye on thunderstorms that are in the forecast for later Monday.
Fire crews are working to control a blaze that has spread across nearly 2 square miles on Oahu, Hawaii, and led to evacuations. No structures were damaged Monday. Part of Highway 270 closed when a pile of timber caught fire.
A fire that started nearly three weeks ago near St. Mary Lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park has burned nearly 7 square miles and is more than half contained.
This summer’s fire season has officially become the second biggest on record in Alaska. More than 5.08 million acres — or 7,940 square miles — have burned this year. Fire spokesman Sam Harrel said Alaska won’t beat the 6.6 million acres burned in 2004 because the state has entered its seasonal wet period.
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