Oregon Roads Fill With Smoke as Half a Million People Flee Wildfires

Thousands of people across Oregon were forced to evacuate as forest fires raged across the state. The wildfires have burned upwards of 1,400 square miles as of September 11, according to reports.

This footage was taken near Estacada, Oregon, where local officials issued an evacuation order on September 9.

Record-breaking fires burning up and down the West Coast of the United States have sent smoke as far as Europe, according to atmospheric measurements. Credit: @1_step__away via Storyful