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Oregon's wildfires force mass evacuations as shifting weather offers glimmer of hope

A farm is levelled by the South Obenchain Fire along Butte Falls Highway in Eagle Point, Oregon, US, September 10, 2020. [Reuters]

An unprecedented spate of deadly wildfires raging across Oregon kept half a million people under evacuation alert on Friday even as weary firefighters took advantage of improved weather to go on the offensive against the blazes.

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