Largest active wild fire in U.S. grows to over 110,000 acres

The Bush Fire burning in northeast of Phoenix, U.S. state of Arizona, raged to 114,941 acres (465.15 sq km) as of Thursday morning with 5 percent containment.

Now the largest active fire in the United States, the fire almost doubled in size since Wednesday morning and more evacuation orders had been issued in the state, according to the latest data updated by InciWeb, an interstate incident information system.

Hot, dry and windy conditions pushed the fire to spread, the InciWeb reported, adding "an abundance of invasive grasses in the desert ecosystem, native grasses and low fuel moisture in the live plants continue to produce extreme fire behavior."

Besides the Bush Fire, multiple other blazes continued to burn throughout the Grand Canyon State.

As of Thursday morning, the Mangum Fire near Grand Canyon North Rim burned nearly 56,780 acres (229.78 sq km) with 3 percent containment, and the Bighorn Fire in south part of the state, spread to 31,208 acres (126.29 square kilometers) Thursday morning and is 40 percent contained.

More than 1,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, the InciWeb said, so far no casualties have been report.

(CGTN)