A 6,000-acre (2,428-hectare) wildfire spread to within a half-mile (800 meters) of an upscale community in central Oregon, forcing residents to evacuate, according to AP. Thousands of people live on Black Butte Ranch in summer, but many had left before Monday's evacuation order. The blaze was only about 5 percent contained after blackening nine square miles. No homes were in immediate danger, though, and the wind was expected to continue weakening after dying down from Monday's 30 mph (48 kph) gusts, said information officer Pam Sichting. In neighboring Idaho, a wildfire that spread across 75 square miles (194 sq. kilometers) near the resort communities of Sun Valley and Ketchum, leading to the evacuation of 2,500 homes, was nearly 90 percent contained Monday, said fire information officer Robert Rhinehart. All mandatory evacuation orders had been lifted, no buildings were lost and there were no serious injuries, he said.
