PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- At least one person has died so far and many homes have been burned to the ground as four wildfires spread in the western United States, officials said Sunday.
The blazes, burning in drought-ravaged California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, have wrought havoc on miles of acreage in recent days. The largest, called the Soda Fire, has so far burned nearly 300,000 acres -- and the state's Lawyer Complex Fire has so far destroyed more than 50 homes, officials said.