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• July 6: A wildfire approaches the top of a ridge south of Arlington, Ore. The fire forced residents along Highway 19 to flee their homes.
• July 6: This photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows smoke drifting south and east from the Bartlett Mountain fire near Burns, Ore.
• July 6: This photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the Drewsey fire northeast of Drewsey, Ore.
• July 6: An unidentified woman throws a bucket of water on an out-of-control fire as it engulfs an outbuilding prior to the arrival of Bureau of Land Management firefighters and Pocatello Valley Fire District firefighters outside of Pocatello, Idaho.
• July 7: Smoke rises from the Milford Flat fire, east of Milford, Utah. The 160,000-acre wildfire jumped a freeway Saturday, forcing the closure of Interstate 15 for a 100-mile stretch through central Utah.
• July 7: With a smoke-filled sunset behind him, Utah Highway Patrol trooper Sterling Clark directs traffic away from Interstate 15, which was closed at Scipio, Utah, due to the Milford Flat fire.
• July 7: The Milford Flat Fire burns east of Milford, Utah.
• July 7: Smoke fills the sky in Fillmore, Utah, after the 160,000-acre Milford Flat fire forced the closure of Interstate 15.
• July 7: Flames from a wildfire fill the night sky near Fillmore, Utah, as the 160,000 acre Milford Flat fire burns near Interstate 15.
• July 7: A motorist drives past a brush fire along the 14 Freeway near Santa Clarita, Calif.
• July 7: A fast-moving brush fire burns along the 14 Freeway near Santa Clarita, Calif.
• July 7: Los Angeles County firefighters battle a brush fire near Santa Clarita, Calif.
• July 7: Los Angeles County firefighters battle a brush fire near Santa Clarita, Calif.
• July 7: Los Angeles County firefighters battle a brush fire near Santa Clarita, Calif.
• July 7: Los Angeles County firefighters battle a brush fire near Santa Clarita, Calif.
• July 8: Firefighters spray foam on a helicopter that crashed near Los Olivos, Calif. Two pilots received minor injuries when their water tanker helicopter crashed.
• July 8: The Milford Flat fire burns around Interstate 15 near the Interstate 80 interchange, seen in this aerial view near Fillmore, Utah.
• July 8: This satellite image released by NASA shows several wildfires burning across the western United States.
• July 8: A helicopter heads back to refill its water bucket after making a drop on the edge of a wildfire southwest of Hot Springs, S.D.
• July 8: Allen Carey hoses off the remains of his trailer home in Cove Fort, Utah.
• July 8: Los Angeles County firefighters pack up their gear after battling a wildfire in Agua Dulce, Calif.
• July 8: Travis Seifers watches the Milford Flat fire chase up the side of the Mineral Mountains near Milford, Utah.
• July 8: Aspen Seifers, left, Santana Wunderlich, center left, Mariah Williams, center right, and Shyla Sherwood watch the Milford Flat fire chase up the side of the Mineral Mountains from the back of a pickup truck in Milford, Utah.
• July 8: A fire smolders near Hot Springs, S.D. A state official said the blaze is the most intense wildfire ever recorded in the Black Hills.
• July 8: Smoke from a wildfire is shown in this aerial view near the Eaglerock Subdivision in the Warm Springs Canyon area, about 3 miles northwest of Wenatchee, Wash.
• July 9: Members of the Color Country fire crew, based out of Southwest Utah, work a wildfire line along Intersate-15, between Cove Fort, Utah and Kanosh, Utah. More firefighters poured into central Utah on Tuesday to confront a wildfire that grew to 469 square miles and left behind a blackened landscape resembling a "nuclear explosion."
• July 9: Brent Clark sprays down a hot spot while doing mop up Monday afternoon on the tamer southern edge of the Albaugh Canyon Fire near Hot Springs, S.D.
• July 10: Firefighters and volunteers douse hot spots near the fire line on a fire started from a metal-cutting torch near Trinidad, Wash. Douglas County Fire Marshall Doug Miller said the fire was contained to about four acres and burned two storage sheds, but did not burn any residential structures.
• July 10: Verma Erwin walks across a burned out field, caused by the Milford Flat Fire, in Cove Fort, Utah.
• July 10: A Meridan, Idaho, firefighter puts out flames on the East side of Highway 16 across from the Firebird Speedway near Eagle, Idaho. A handful of homes were spared only a camper and a few out buildings were destroyed in a wildfire.
• July 10: Firefighters watch the progress of the Ball's Canyon Fire as it burns towards U.S. 395 north of Reno, Nev. The fire reversed its direction before reaching the highway, but it was shut down for several hours. The lightning-caused fire was reported to be at least 500 acres.
• July 10: A helicopter drops water near a home threatened by wildfire on Chaparreal Road outside of Star, Idaho. The home was spared.
• July 11: High winds blow dirt and soot across Interstate 15 near Cove Fort, Utah, as a pair of motorcyclists head south.