Hand crews backed by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in southern Oregon, the largest among dozens of blazes raging across the drought-stricken US West.

Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped out campgrounds, hot springs and wooded retreats.

An apocalyptic drone video emerged on Monday showing patches of red fire retardant blanketing whole neighborhoods in Talent.

Burning tree trunks and destroyed buildings and structures can be seen in northern Oregon in the aftermath of the Marion County fire, as the state continues to fight dozens of blazes which have burned over 4 million acres of land.

Matt Manson stared at the burned-out corpse of his pick-up truck on Friday, which sat on a blackened driveway in front of a smoldering pile of rubble that once was his house.

Unprecedented wildfires in Oregon have all but destroyed five small towns and a record number of deaths is feared, Governor Kate Brown said on Wednesday (September 9), as families began to report casualties.

US federal forces continue to fiercely crackdown on the Portland protesters demanding equality and justice.