Western wildfires rage in California, Oregon and Washington in pictures | World news

More than 85 significant wildfires are burning across the west, where a record 2.5m acres have been destroyed in the latest batch of blazes. At least seven people have died and the dense plumes of smoke have turned skies red and amber

Western wildfires rage in California, Oregon and Washington – in pictures

More than 85 significant wildfires are burning across the west, where a record 2.5m acres have been destroyed in the latest batch of blazes. At least seven people have died and the dense plumes of smoke have turned skies red and amber

Main image: A mask-wearing couple pause for a portrait while heavy smoke shrouds the countryside near Elkton in rural western Oregon. Photograph: Robin Loznak/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

Fri 11 Sep 2020 09.55 EDT First published on Thu 10 Sep 2020 12.03 EDT

  • Mormon Lake Hotshots Supt Sara Sweeney uses a drip torch to set a backfire to protect mountain communities from the Bobcat fire in the Angeles national forest on Thursday north of Monrovia, California

  • Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, as they battle the Santiam fire

  • Two horses left behind during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, wander a smoke shrouded field as the wait to be rescued, in Berry Creek, California

  • A burnt vehicle sits on the roadside after the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, past through, in Feather Falls, California

  • Volunteers with the Portland mutual aid group PDX Witches deliver donated supplies to a fire command center in Molalla, Oregon

  • A view of the San Francisco Bay Bridge under an orange overcast sky in the afternoon in San Francisco, California on Wednesday

  • A couple kisses under an orange overcast sky in the afternoon in Los Angeles, California on Thursday

  • Sandra, Daniela and Ester Reyes after wildfires destroyed a neighbourhood in Bear Creek, Phoenix, Oregon

  • A cat sits in the street in a neighbourhood affected by wildfires in Phoenix, Oregon

  • Security officials survey a neighborhood left devastated by the Almeda fire in Phoenix, Oregon.

  • A couple pose for photos by the Golden Gate Bridge at noon in San Francisco on Wednesday

  • The San Francisco skyline obscured by orange smoke

  • The Golden Gate Bridge in the red and amber darkness, taken at noon on Wednesday

  • Butte county firefighters watch as flames tower over their truck during the Bear fire in Oroville, California

  • Buildings engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages the central Oregon town of Talent near Medford

  • A tanker truck sprays water on a persistent hotspot of a wildfire on a ridge, near Bonney Lake, Washington, south of Seattle

  • Local residents look at smoke and fire over a hill during wildfires near the town of Medford, Oregon

  • This photograph shows a smoke-darkened sky well before sunset, at about 5pm, in Salem, Oregon, on Tuesday

  • Catherine Shields, of Silverton, Oregon, leads her horse Takoda under smoky skies in Salem

  • Tinted orange by wildfire smoke from Oregon and southern Washington, the sun sets behind a hill in Kalama

  • Police and fire crews wait on the Enterprise Bridge to enter an area encroached by fire during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated in Oroville, California

  • A flock of birds rest on power lines under red skies in Oakland

  • A Nasa satellite image shows wildfires in Oregon

  • A damaged power line hangs near grass and shrubs as the sky is tinted orange by wildfire smoke in Clackamas county, Oregon
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