Hundreds are still under evacuation orders as the nation's largest wildfire chars nearly 400,000 acres

The Bootleg Fire, which has been burning in southern Oregon since July 6, is now the state's third-largest since 1900 -- and more than 2,000 people are still under some form of evacuation orders, officials said Thursday.

"It's kind of a dubious honor," said Marcus Kauffman, spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Forestry, referring to the fire which has charred nearly 400,000 acres, although firefighting crews have been able to contain 38% as of Thursday. "But it's not all bad news," he said. "In the last couple of days, the fire has only grown 1,000 acres per day, and for a fire of this size, basically that's a really strong signal that fire behavior is moderating."