Wildfires in the Western US continue to burn

In what looks to be a record number of acres burned due to wildfire in the US is still continuing into September. Some of these fires in the west have been burning for months now and the image above shows one that was recently discovered in eastern Montana. Some are blaming climate change and changes in forestry practice for the increase of wildfires in the US in the past decades. As a result from climate change, there is less snow and ice cover in the winter months and more heat waves during the summer. As of September 18, the wildfires have burned 8.4 million acres, a size bigger than the states of Maryland. Oregon, Idaho, and Montana were the hardest hit states this year from this devastating natural hazard. People living in these areas had to be evacuated as the flames encroached on their homes. There is not much anyone can do to prevent this natural hazard, but to be alarmed when it is threatening somebody's property.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79221