Firefighters brace for lightning as wildfires grow, taxing crews [Video]

Oregon is on fire.

From the Cascade slopes in southern Oregon to scrubby rangeland in eastern Oregon, fire crews on Saturday were tasked to 90 wildfires that have covered more than 400,000 acres.

They do so anticipating a weather forecast for continued hot weather, with temperatures in some places reaching more than 100. Wind is expected to be a factor through the day as well.

But more worrying is expected lightning, which forecasters say will come Sunday into Monday over large portions of the state with little to no rain.

“The risk for significant fire is very high,” according to the national wildfire website. “With fire danger as high as it is, multiple ignitions from lightning will challenge initial attack.”

Gov. Tina Kotek warned Oregonians of what’s to come.

“It’s going to be a long wildfire season,” the governor said in speaking with reporters on Friday, July 20.

Kotek and state fire managers urged Oregonians to do all they could to not be the cause of new fires.

Kyle Williams, …