Two new wildfires brought evacuations in southern Oregon, as fire crews prepared for red flag conditions on the 50,000-acre Grasshopper Fire.

Three new wildfires have sparked in Oregon in the last two days, forcing evacuation orders, in what is already a record-breaking year in the state for acres burned. The new wildfires are the Woodrat Mountain and Wrights Spring fires in southern Oregon and the Cottonwood fire in central Oregon.

Aircraft violating restrictions have disrupted firefighting efforts in Spokane County, Wash., this week, officials said.

Hundreds of firefighters have been working for days to contain wildfires near Spokane, Washington. The man accused of starting one of those fires is set to be arraigned in court today. NBC News national correspondent Morgan Chesky shares the stories of residents who have lost everything in the fires and explains why they have been so hard to put out.

By Tim Hepher, Giulia Segreti and Allison Lampert TOULOUSE, France, August 7 (Reuters) - Deep inside the carcass of a disused turboprop aircraft, engineer Jonathan Beck squeezes between rows of tanks as he demonstrates how his French startup plans to challenge ageing Canadair water-bombers in combatting European wildfires.

Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spokane.

Oregon’s intense wildfire season forced a summer camp to evacuate, displacing hundreds of campers, staff and volunteers for days. Among them, 13 kids from Alaska came to Oregon looking for a summer adventure.

Researchers looked at the effects of extreme heat days on wildfire risk and found a clear connection.