U.S. runs out of firefighters to face level five fires

Jake Tapper - Fast moving wildfires have left behind scorched earth from Arizona to Alaska this week.

In Idaho, the National Wildfire Preparedness Threat Level was raised to its highest level for the first time in five years. Resources are stretched so thin that the military and even international firefighters could be called in to help, including firefighters from as far away as New Zealand.

Wildfires are also closing in on two national treasures.

In California, crews are working overtime to contain a forest fire just east of Yosemite.

A 4,500 acre fire is burning in the heart of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

In Montana, Governor Steve Bullock has declared a state of emergency in 31 counties where blazes continue to spread.

“The Lolo Creek complex outside Lolo, close to the city of Missoula, is the number one fire now in the nation which means it gets the highest priority for those critical resources that we would dispatch to a fire,” said Steve Gage from the national interagency fire center.    More