#Wildfires rage along the West Coast as officials warn of rising death toll

With many areas impossible to reach, officials are warning that the death tolls in California, Oregon and Washington will likely rise.

Fifty infernos were ravaging those three states, as of Wednesday, according to statistics from the National Interagency Fire Center.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said five towns were “substantially destroyed” — including the cities of Talent and Phoenix in Jackson County.

Some 3,000 firefighters in Oregon were outnumbered by over two dozen wildfires.

Two deaths were confirmed in the state in the Santiam Canyon region, about 60 miles south of Portland. Another was recorded in the Ashland area.

“This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state’s history,” Brown said at a press conference Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of residents across the state were ordered to evacuate, with fires burning in every region.

More than 14,000 firefighters were battling 28 large blazes in California into the night, with some 64,000 people under evacuation orders.

About a third of evacuees were in Butte County, north of Sacremento, where a wildfire has scorched more than 200,000 acres since it erupted on Aug. 17.

Intense, dry winds have been a major factor in the fast-moving wildfires.

In the Golden State — where the flames cast an eerie orange glow across the skies near San Francisco — winds are calmer Thursday but dry conditions still persist, CNN reported.

Thick, dense smoke that’s descended over parts of the state will drop normally high temperatures, forecasters said.

“Don’t be surprised by high-temperature forecast bursts in this regime,” the National Weather Service in Hanford said.

Three unidentified people died in northern California from a fire sparked by lightning. All of the state’s 18 national forests are closed.

In Washington, smoke eaters were battling blazes on both sides of the Cascade Mountains, and record-high temperatures were expected in the state Thursday, the Seattle Times reported.

Butte county firefighters watch as flames tower over their truck during the Bear fire in Oroville, California.

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Law enforcement and fire personnel wait on the Enterprise Bridge in Oroville, California.

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Cars drive along the Golden Gate Bridge under a smoke-filled sky in San Francisco.

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The Holiday Farm fire is seen burning in the mountains around McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.

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An orange smoke-filled sky is seen above Estacada, Oregon.

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In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, embers light up a hillside behind the Bidwell Bar Bridge as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, California.

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Flames shoot from a home as the Bear Fire burns through the Berry Creek area of Butte County, California.

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A plume rises from the Bear Fire as it burns along Lake Oroville in Butte County, California.

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An alpaca arrives at Iron Oak Canyon Ranch amid the Valley Fire in San Diego county.

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Emergency responders are seen as the Valley Fire rages in the background in San Diego.

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Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, center, stands in front of the burned-out post office in the town of Malden with Chief Bob Gear of Pasco Fire and Mayor Chris Ferrell.

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This photo taken from the home of Russ Casler in Salem, Oregon, shows the smoke-darkened sky well before sunset.

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Catherine Shields leads her horse Takoda under smoky skies on the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem.

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Oregon State Police and an Oregon Department of Transportation official confer at a roadblock at the McKenzie Fire District Station in Leaburg, Oregon.

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Flames continue to consume a wooden bridge after the Bear Fire burned through Berry Creek, California.

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A cat sits on the street near a burned car after wildfires destroyed an area of Phoenix, Oregon.

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The remains of Berry Creek Elementary school continue to burn after the Bear Fire raged through Berry Creek, California.

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A girl looks at a burned bicycle after wildfires destroyed an area of Phoenix, Oregon.

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A Cal Fire vehicle drives through burning vegetation near Lake Oroville.

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Local residents look at smoke and fire over a hill in Medford, Oregon.

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Houses and vehicles in the Bear Lakes Estates neighborhood which were left devastated by the Almeda fire in Phoenix, Oregon.

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A 1-year-old boy was also killed as his family fled from a fast-moving fire in Washington. His father and pregnant mother were badly burned.

At least 121 homes have been destroyed in Washington, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. As of Wednesday morning, about 500,000 acres have been ruined, the report said.

With Post wires