Smoke from deadly wildfires in the West can be seen on other side of country - NBC News

Kate Brown said at a news briefing Monday.

Around 1 million acres had burned, and more than 1,100 residences have been confirmed destroyed, according to the state emergency management department.

More than 3.2 million acres — an area larger than Connecticut — have burned in California since the beginning of the year, and more than 4,200 homes or other structures have been destroyed, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.

After some help from the weather, so-called "red flag" conditions returned Monday to the northeastern part of the state, the agency said.

The largest fire in modern California history, the massive August Complex which as of Monday afternoon had burned more than 755,600 acres in Northern California, was 30 percent contained.

Cooler weather is forecast in Oregon for the end of the week, which "will be a tremendous help," Brown said, but that "the smoke blanketing the state is a constant reminder that this tragedy has not yet come to an end."

"She and her team remind us of why we love this state," Brown said

The more than 1 million acres that have burned in Oregon is double the average of around 500,000 during an entire wildfire season, the Oregon Congressional delegation said