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BBC OS: 2021/07/20 16:06 GMT: Oregon fires prompts thousands of evacuations

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2021/07/20 16:06 GMT

2021/07/20 16:06 GMT: Oregon fires prompts thousands of evacuations

Oregon fires prompts thousands of evacuations

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Oregon fires prompts thousands of evacuations

Fires in the US state expand to an area more than half the size of Rhode Island

We hear from people in the US state of Oregon, where the nation's largest active wildfire has burned through more than 300,000 acres, prompting thousands of evacuations.  Over 2,000 firefighters are tackling the so-called Bootleg Fire - one of the largest blazes in Oregon's history.

And Dr Swapneil Parikh - an infectious disease researcher at the Kasturba Hospital of infectious diseases in Mumbai and author of The Coronavirus: What you Need to Know about the Global Pandemic - gives his take on the latest Coronavirus headlines and answers questions from listeners.

And, we speak to people in Japan as they prepare for the start of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

(Photo: Flames burn in a forest at night from the Bootleg Fire, Oregon, July 16, 2021. Credit: InciWeb / NWCG)

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