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Volunteer firefighter Jacob Ruthrock puts out embers from a fire in Gates, Oregon, on September 10, 2020
Volunteer firefighter Jacob Ruthrock puts out embers from a fire in Gates, Oregon, on September 10, 2020 Photo: Kathryn Elsesser / AFP (Getty Images)

In Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown said that wildfires in the state had consumed more than 1 million acres of land, according to the New York Times. Brown also revealed that as a result, the state had the worst air quality in the world.

“Almost anywhere in the state you can feel this right now,” she said.

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