Oregon Mega-fires Consuming Almost One Million Acres in Northeast Area of State With Dry Thunderstorms Exacerbating Conditions

Record-breaking heatwave, lightning storms and arson combined to create incendiary conditions for spread of wildfire in eight northeastern counties

Incendiary conditions have erupted across Northeastern Oregon during the first three weeks of July, leading to fast-spreading wildfires, scorching more than 600,000 acres and rapidly growing.

A record-breaking heat wave began the first week of July, and monsoon-fueled dry thunderstorms moving in from the south rife with lighting have been scudding across…