Wildfire West: 52 Fires, 13 States ... And Counting

National Maps Show Severity Of Fire, As Heat And Drought Fuel Blazes At least 52 fires are burning in 13 states, as of the latest count, as the summer fulfills predictions as being among the worst fire seasons on record. The largest fire is the fast-growing Milford Flat fire in Utah, which at nearly 300,000 acres is the largest in the state's history. The state with the most active wildfires is Oregon, where 13 fires are blazing. To see a map of the fires, click here or here. Red flag warnings are in place across an area of Idaho and Utah, as well as a swath of Southern California today, and a Fire Weather Watch is on for parts of the Oregon and Washington coastline. For more information, click here. The week is expected to have a very high fire risk across a huge area of the Rocky Mountain West and, indeed, the entire Western third of the country. For the forecast, click here. The monthly outlook is for above-average fire risk across much of the Southwest, Southeast and Alaska. For that forecast map, click here. -- Dan Shapley, News Editor Your Photos Wildfire photos from around the world submitted by The Daily Green community to the Weird Weather Watch photo blogUtah Fire Lake Tahoe FireAthens Wildfire Athens Wildfire 2 Florida on Fire Related Stories List Of 10 Biggest Wildfires Now Burning Utah Fire, 10% Contained, Threatens Farms Thunder & Lightning Prompt Red Flag Fire Warnings Colorado Wildfire Destroys Home Utah Fire Is The Size Of Los Angeles Utah Fire, At 469 Acres, Is Biggest Ever Utah Fire Untamed 52 Fires Burning In 13 States ... And Counting 2007 On Track To Be 2nd Hottest Ever Extreme Weather Is Climate Wake-Up Call Lake Tahoe Fire Draws Disaster Tourists The Drought That Stole July 4 Fireworks Southeast Drought 'Historic And Unprecedented Lake Tahoe Fire Is A Sign Of Global Warming Early, Intense Monsoon Claims 400 Lives Summer Forecast: Hot, With Wildfire World's Largest Lake Is Drying Up