Carhutla In US Oregon Expands, 132 Thousand Hectares Of Burned Land Only 5 Percent Can Be Controlled

Illustration of firefighters. (Unsplash-Birgit Lengert)

JAKARTA - Forest and land fires (karhutla) in Oregon, United States (US) are expanding. Karhutla hit eight major forest spots in the area.

Citing NBC News, Tuesday, July 16, the US Forestry Service reported the location of forest and land fires in Oregon, precisely in the Cattle Valley area along the eastern side of the remote state.

As of Monday, July 15 evening local time, it was reported that an area of 132,528 hectares of burned land with only 5 percent could be controlled.

The forest and land fires spread from 100,000 hectares of burned land until Saturday 13 July. The US Interagency Fire Department said the forest and land fires were categorized as "big fires".

As a result of this increasingly widespread forest and land fires, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announced that the state of emergency in her area was extended after implementing the Emergency Fire Act on Friday, July 12 local time.

Kotek estimates that forest and land fires will spread quickly considering the hot and dry weather accompanied by the wind.