Some 6.5 million people remain under a critical fire threat, after the fires consumed an area nearly the size of Washington, D.C., resulting in at least 25 deaths, authorities said.– 200,000 people have been displaced from their homes.
– 12,000 homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed.
– 82,400 people remain under evacuation orders.
– 90,400 people are facing evacuation warnings as of Wednesday, according to the County Sheriff Robert Luna.
– 8,500 firefighters from the western United States, Canada and Mexico have kept the growth of the fires in check for three days.
– $250 billion – $275 billion are the estimates of the total damage and economic loss according to private forecaster AccuWeather.