Thousands more acres of brush and timber went up in smoke Saturday in seven states in the West , threatening fires in some places . Fire crews were at work in Utah , Wyoming , Colorado , New Mexico , Arizona , Oregon and Washington . Elsewhere , four big fires burned in interior Alaska , one having charred an estimated 24,000 acres . A fire in Georgia 's Okefenoke swamp that destroyed 200 acres of habitat for an endangered species of woodpecker was reported under fire . The Boise Interagency Fire Center in Idaho listed 7,000 to 7,500 people on the fire lines . So far this season , the agency has had 31,000 fires reported .
Thousands more acres of brush and timber went up in smoke Saturday in seven states in the West, threatening homes in some places. Fire crews were at work in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Washington. Elsewhere, four big fires burned in interior Alaska, one having charred an estimated 24,000 acres. A fire in Georgia's Okefenoke swamp that burned 500 acres of habitat for an endangered species of woodpecker was reported under control. The Boise Interagency Fire Center in Idaho listed 7,000 to 7,500 people on the fire lines. So far this season, the agency has had 31,000 fires reported.