Raging Washington state wildfires destroy homes and force 60,000 people to evacuate

Fifteen major wildfires are burning across Washington state, forcing sixty thousand people to evacuate and destroying hundreds of buildings, The Guardian reports. Firefighters are battling the blazes amid extreme heat and drought that officials describe as producing an extraordinary fire season in the Pacific Northwest, according to the state's department of natural resources.

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