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Oregon wildfire grows to size of Los Angeles

By Brady Knox
Published July 19, 2021 7:58pm ET
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Oregon wildfire grows to size of Los Angeles
The Bootleg Fire in Oregon, one of several wildfires raging across the West, has grown to over 300,000 acres. At nearly 475 square miles, according to Inciweb, the blaze is now slightly larger than the city of Los Angeles, which the United States Census Bureau says is about 469 square miles. More than 2,100 personnel […]

The Bootleg Fire in Oregon, one of several wildfires raging across the West, has grown to over 300,000 acres.

At nearly 475 square miles, according to Inciweb, the blaze is now slightly larger than the city of Los Angeles, which the United States Census Bureau says is about 469 square miles.

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