Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US

The Tamarack Fire burns in the Markleeville community of Alpine County, California (AP)

The largest wildfire in the US has torched more dry forest in Oregon – one of dozens of major blazes burning across the west of the country as critically dangerous fire weather looms in the coming days.

The Bootleg Fire just north of the California border has grown to more than 476 square miles, an area about the size of Los Angeles.