Dozens of people are missing after wildfires in Oregon burnt through an area twice the size of London
The evacuation order came as some residents expressed a reluctance to leave after reports of looting.Ms Brown said: ‘I know that rumours of looting are extremely alarming and that it’s unsettling not to know whether your home is still standing.
‘Let me assure you that we have the Oregon National Guard and Oregon State Police monitoring the situation and preventing looting.’ The fires have killed at least four in Oregon and 11 elsewhere. One hundred blazes are currently burning across 12 states. The infernos have left Portland with the dirtiest air in the world, followed by San Francisco and Seattle, according to IQAir.San Francisco had some of the dirtiest air in the world amid apocalyptic scenes this week, while Seattle’s famous Space Needle was almost impossible to see through the thick smoke.
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