'Thank God, we got a wind shift,' says a spokesperson, as firefighters get a lucky break in their battle against the flames.
"Thank God, we got a wind shift. The wind started coming from the west, pushing the fire back towards the east, and that's what kept it within its footprint and kept it from growing," said fire spokesperson Ashley Lertora, near Lincoln City.A police car rolled through the streets of Molalla, 30 miles south of Portland, with a loudspeaker blaring"evacuate now".
He arrived just in time to save his children from their trailer park, but the family now just have the clothes on their back.Four Oregon police departments have also warned of fake online messages, appearing to be from law enforcement, which blame both left-wing and right-wing activists for the fires.Video from the highly populated Tacoma area showed fires setting homes alight as people ran from house to house yelling at residents to evacuate.
Meanwhile in California, where 289 fire crews are still battling 28 fires, an eerie red hue has been hanging over cities such as San Francisco as light failed to penetrate the smog.
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