Oregon firefighters make progress in battle against largest US wildfire - The Guardian

Firefighters in Oregon have reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in northern California.

It was 32% contained on Sunday, and evacuation orders and warnings were lifted for several remote areas of Butte and Plumas counties.

Crews also battled major blazes in north-east Washington and northern Idaho.

The US Drought Monitor reported last week that while a robust monsoon has delivered rainfall to the south-west, critically dry conditions persist across northern California and the north-west, where there has been an expansion of “exceptional drought”, the worst category.

Alerts were in place across much of the northern Rockies, including portions of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington state and Idaho.