Wildfire playing havoc with America – tourism affected in Montana

America is in the grip of a wildfire and tourists are fleeing to safety and hundreds of homes in Montana and northern California are under threat. Both these states have been ravaged by drought and rising temperatures and the string winds are hindering fire crews from battling the blazes in the northern Rocky Mountains.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 24 July 2015.

One blaze has apparently burnt down more than six square miles along the eastern edge of Glacier National Park in Montana and this is the height of tourist season there. The fire broke out and has swept along ridges near the park's most popular roadway called as the 'Going To The Sun Road'. 21 miles of this road have been shut.
Approximately 700,000 people had visited the park in July last year and nearly 95% of them had made use of at least some part of the road.
Moreover, campers numbering more than 600 campers have had to leave a site near the small town of St Mary because officials have converted the camping ground to serve as a staging area to tackle the fire.
The blaze in California has threatened 200 homes and ranches outside the Napa Valley and has spread to more than 10.5 square miles. As a result, US Highway 50 has been shut in both directions between Sacramento and Reno, Nevada.
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