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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Fire damages White City mobile home ... Emergency Services, August 2 ... Part of West Rim Drive closed as firefighters battle Crater Lake blaze ... Fire damages White City mobile home ... Emergency Services, August 2 ... Part of West Rim Drive closed as firefighters battle Crater Lake blaze ... WILDFIRES ROUNDUP Blazes burn across Western states, prompt evacuations Comment By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Aug. 1, 2016 at 6:18 PM By The Associated Press Posted Aug. 1, 2016 at 6:18 PM » Social News Wildfires were burning Monday in the Western U.S. states, from California's famed Big Sur region to tribal towns and hamlets near Reno, Nevada. Evacuations were ordered and firefighters were trying to stop a Washington blaze from reaching a thickly forested security zone at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Here's a look at some of the fires: CALIFORNIA Higher humidity and lower temperatures on Monday helped firefighters battle a destructive fire that has scorched more than 63 square miles near the scenic Big Sur coast, while firefighters in Central California faced blistering heat as they worked to contain a blaze that burned rural homes and forced hundreds of evacuations near the small Fresno County town of Prather. A layer of ocean air that arrived in the mountainous Big Sur region was credited for the better firefighting conditions in an area where a fire that started July 22 has destroyed 57 homes and 11 outbuildings and is threatening 2,000 more structures. A bulldozer operator working for the firefighting operation died in an accident last week. The blaze near Prather damaged an undetermined number of 400 evacuated homes just outside the Sierra National Forest, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Just north of Los Angeles, a 65-square-mile wildfire in wilderness just north of Los Angeles was almost fully contained and only active with isolated pockets of vegetation burning within a perimeter firefighters established to prevent it from burning outside the zone. A man who refused to evacuate from a home was killed and the fire also prompted the evacuation of about 20,000 people. IDAHO A southwest Idaho wildfire burning timber in rugged terrain and pushed by winds grew to 60 square miles Monday. Temperatures in the 90s, wind and low humidity caused significant expansion on Sunday. Firefighting aircraft were grounded for about 45 minutes because of people flying their drones in the area, creating a potential hazard for the aircraft pilots. The fire closed a section of State Highway 21 between Idaho City and Lowman and destroyed two outbuildings. NEVADA About 800 firefighters were battling a series of fires that had threatened a tribal town and hamlets near Pyramid Lake, north of Reno. The fire zone totaled about 78 square miles Monday, said fire spokeswoman Jesse Bender. Residents of about 30 homes in Cottonwood Creek and Fish Springs Ranch were warned they would receive 30 minutes notice to evacuate if necessary. WASHINGTON A wildfire burning toward the Hanford Nuclear Reservation scorched about 110 square miles as it spread from Grant and Yakima counties into Benton County. The blaze was the largest of several wildfires burning in Eastern Washington and grew quickly after it started Saturday on the U.S. Army's Yakima Training Center, The Yakima Valley Herald reported. Firefighters were working to stop the flames from reaching a large wildland security zone maintained around a portion of the nuclear site. Hanford once made plutonium for nuclear weapons and is now undergoing a decades-long cleanup. The zone was designed to keep people away during World War II and the Cold War. It now serves mainly as a wildlife preserve. The Department of Energy said Monday on its website that Hanford work schedules were not immediately affected by the fire. A small section of Highway 24 near Hanford Reach remained temporarily closed due to that wildfire while evacuation orders were lifted at another wildfire burning about 1,000 acres outside the town of Prosser. Several campgrounds along the Naches River in central Washington were evacuated Sunday evening as fire burned in thick forest about 25 miles west of Yakima. About 25 homes in the area were also evacuated. 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