Daily Mail: Dramatic aerial photos reveal the devastation caused by 200 wildfires raging across California, Oregon and Washington leaving at least seven dead and incinerating 3.4m acres
* Blazes are spreading in California, Oregon and Washington - killing at least seven and leaving dozens missing
* Wyatt Tofte, 12, and his grandmother Peggy Mosso, died in a wildfire near the Santiam Valley in Oregon
* In California, at least three deaths have been reported with three in the Bear Fire near Sacramento
* In Washington state a one-year-old boy was killed and his parents were severely burned
* An orange glow appeared over the San Francisco skyline on Wednesday caused by the raging fires
* The fires have been fueled by a devastating heat wave and high winds on the drought-stricken West Coast
* Barack Obama tweeted about the fires Wednesday, saying the effects of climate change are clearer than ever
Dramatic aerial images captured the massive destruction wrought by wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington which have killed at least seven people including a 12-year-old boy and his grandmother.
Ninety major fires across 13 western states have already burned more than 3.4 million acres - the size of Connecticut - and are still spreading in high winds amid fears that the number of casualties will rise.
'This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state's history,' Oregon Gov Kate Brown told a press conference.
Entire communities have been razed with five towns 'substantially destroyed' and widespread evacuations taking place under apocalyptic orange skies.
Only 'smoldering ruins' remained of large parts of the town of Talent, Oregon, said local resident Sandra Spelliscy.
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