These fires are partof a large group of fires. There are now 21 fres burning in Washington and Oregon, with 100 more fires across the PacificNorthwest. The recent outbreak of fires has caused Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands, Peter Goldmark to issae aspecial order "Unusual fire ...
Sixteen large wildfires are burning across central and eastern Washington, covering more than 920 square miles. More than 200 homes have been destroyed, and more than 12,000 homes and thousands of other structures remain threatened. The blazes were among several large fires burning across the West...
An analysis of the claims paid out after the Gray and Oregon Road fires in Washington last year found that most of the homes destroyed were under-insured. The fires destroyed 366 homes, burning more than 20,000 acres outside of Spokane in August 2023. Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kr...
Amid an unprecedented uptick in brush fires and a drought warning, it rained in New York City for the first time in weeks Thursday. Nov 21, 2024 NYC's first rainfall in weeks won't be enough to end drought Amid an unprecedented uptick in brush fires and a drought warning, it's ...
CARNATION, Wash. -- Firefighters managed to save a man's pet cat from their burning home in Carnation Thursday afternoon. The homeowner was napping just before 2 p. m. when he awakened by his dog barking and noticed a heavy smoke building in his home jus
democracy, the wholesale destruction of the environment, the erosion of human rights and dignity for every single person, the hateful and demonizing rhetoric, and the already-underway attack on our Constitution by a new administration bent on burning it all to the ground to line their own ...
Even if any ballots were destroyed in this week’s fires, voters should still be able to cast replacements. In Oregon, the Multnomah County Elections Divisionsaid in a statementthat “fire suppressant inside the ballot box protected virtually all the ballots.” Three ballots were damaged, a...
686 acres straddling the eastern Oregon and western Idaho borders. But it's now 95 percent contained, with crews turning to mop-up duty, incident commanders said. Of more concern are the dozens of smaller but still sizable fires burning through hundreds of thousands of acres of California, ...
Fires rage in California20 photos In total, there are nearly 30 major wildfires burning in the western U.S. One fast-moving wildfire forced residents out of their homes in Washington state. The entire town of Roosevelt, which is about 130 miles east of Portland and has a population...
Denner says he and his partner plan to rebuild. "Our vision and resolve have been refined and hardened. We will all shake off the ash after the fires stop burning and rebuild along with our devastated friends and neighbors."