Oregon’s wildfire burns over 200,000 acres as the biggest blaze in nation is seen from space

Oregon's wildfire has now spread so far that the 200,000-acre blaze can be seen from outer space.

Per CBS News, the Bootleg Fire fire has now destroyed 54 structures and 21 homes and forced more than 100 more to be evacuated.

Although the cause of the fire currently remains unknown, fire officials claim that the blaze will continue to spread in areas with above-average temperatures with dry ground and high winds.

CBS News reports there were three other fires across the state as of Tuesday, July 13. These include the Jack Fire in Douglas County, the Grandview Fire near Oregon's Crooked River National Grassland, and the Bruler Fire near Detroit.

The Jack Fire has since grown to more than 12,500 acres and is 15% contained, while the Grandview Fire has burned over 5,700 acres and is 5% contained.

Sweet Home District Ranger and agency administrator Nikki Swanson stated in a press release, per CBS News: "This fire does have the potential to spread and the forest is very dry.

"The safety of the public and the firefighters is our first priority. We're in the process of closing several roads and trails to ensure firefighters can work efficiently and that the public remains safe This will be managed as a full suppression fire."

Per The New York Times, the National Interagency Fire Center reports there have been nearly 34,000 fires across the United States this year, which have burned more than 2 million acres.

This comes not long after a video emerged on social media showing a rare fire tornado that appeared over the California-Oregon border.

Rachel Smith, a spokesperson for the Klamath National Forest Service, uploaded the footage and captioned the post: "This is the type of extreme fire behavior that firefighters were facing during [the] initial and extended attack of the Tennant Fire.

"This video was shot during [an] extended attack on Tuesday, June 29th."

In a later interview with the Los Angeles Times, Captain Tom Stokesberry of the Tennant fire's incident team stated that this was one of the first times a fire tornado has registered on radar and been captured on video.

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