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Crews race to save homes from Western wildfires

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    Dan Springer reports from Cle Elum, Washington

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The entire state of Oregon is now under a state of emergency -- crews are racing to battle these fast moving wildfires there.

Trying to prevent new fires from igniting at this point.

The declaration allows organs governor to call federal and National Guard firefighting resources to help out or in just one of the western states -- is burning right now.

This is the scene in Idaho fire crews are racing to save homes there from a dozen wildfires that are burning across the state.

But for many people living in the path of these fires they are forced to leave their homes.

And all they can do now is pray that they have a home to return to.

I'm pretty attached to this place so it means a lot so it's -- It's going to be hard.

That we're hopeful it does not gonna come this way it's going to be great.

But my parents I've been -- -- when I was a kid everybody's afraid to hear our nerves are shot.

We just wish that it would get over.

You know -- -- cabinet that's coming and get it -- -- so that we can.

Start putting it back together.

-- how that -- and Dan Springer is live now -- the Al on Washington.

So what's the latest at that they what's called the Taylor bridge fire tan.

Hey -- that the news is getting better here in central Washington aided by a second straight day of -- much lighter winds crews were able to make some progress yesterday.

They have this fired 33% contained in the big news is.

No new structures were lost as they were able to dig some lines and they're keeping that northern flank that stubborn northern flank holding right now.

Otherwise this -- could raise up in a much larger communities mom as I said you know the news is better here residents were allowed back in their home some of them anyway.

And they're hoping for another day of some gains today as thunderstorms are forecast for Saturday.

I still hundreds of residents are evacuated and I -- I had a lot of smoke in this area make it difficult for people to -- the specially those people would breathing difficulties Martha.

And I -- and we wish him well thank you very much big -- and when I'm out there they stand.

We are getting -- --

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