As dozens of wildfires roar across the hot, dry western U.S., the nation's first fire fatality in months was reported in a fast-moving blaze near the California-Oregon border.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman Suzi Brady said Friday the person died in the blaze that started Thursday but that she couldn’t release any other details because next of kin have not been notified.
She says the blaze, known as the Klamathon Fire, is threatening 300 homes near Hornbook, California, a town of 250 people about 14 miles south of the Oregon border.
Barbara Taylor's home of 40 years was destroyed in the Klamathon blaze. She said someone found her cat "alive, but she's singed."
"I can't believe that I left her there," Taylor said, fighting back tears.
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/
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