By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Wind-whipped wildfires raced through parts of Hawaii on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses in a historic town on the island of Maui, injuring several people, forcing evacuations and leading some to...
Sourdough Fire in WA Closes Highways, Threatens Power Plants
NEWHALEM, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire has forced a major cross-state highway to close in Washington’s rugged North Cascades National Park. State Route 20, also known as the North Cascades Highway, was closed Friday night between Newhalem and Rainy Day Pass by the state...
Lightning-Caused Wildfire Burning Uncontained in Northern AZ Near the UT Line
More than 75 firefighters were battling a wildfire in northern Arizona near the Utah line that was started by lightning, authorities said Sunday. Kaibab National Forest officials said the fire began Friday and had charred more than 7.7 square miles (about 2,000...
Sourdough Fire Could Burn All Summer in WA as Firefighters Defend Town, Hydroelectric Plant
Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.) (TNS) Aug. 3—A lightning-sparked wildfire burning in the North Cascades National Park continues to grow slowly in dense forest on steep mountain slopes, and it could burn through the summer, fire officials...
West Hallett Fire Gets Costlier, Other Fires Burning Across WA
Joel Martin - Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Aug. 2—SPOKANE — The acreage of the West Hallett fire, located along Spokane-Cheney Road just southwest of Spokane, had been re-estimated at 155 acres Wednesday after remapping showed it to be smaller than the 200...
Progress Made Against Massive California-Nevada Wildfire but Flames May Burn Iconic Joshua Trees
By TY O'NEIL, STEFANIE DAZIO and RIO YAMAT MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the California desert into Nevada and could threaten the region's famous spiky Joshua trees. The York...
Crews Are Battling ‘Fire Whirls’ in CA Mojave Desert
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds. The York Fire was mapped at roughly 120 square miles (284...
York (CA) Fire Slows but Reaches 77K Acres
Sabrina Schnur Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS) The York fire had expanded to 77,000 acres Monday morning, burning south of Las Vegas, though officials said the spread was slowing. In an update posted Monday morning on InciWeb, an incident information management system,...
Riverside County (CA) Fire Breaks Containment, Surges to 1,900 Acres Near Homes
Cari Spencer - Los Angeles Times After nearly doubling in size overnight, a brush fire that broke out in Riverside County on Thursday afternoon swelled to 1,938 acres Friday, while parts of a nearby community remain under evacuation orders. The Bonny fire, which...
CO Firefighters in Full Suppression Mode on Lowline Fire Near Gunnison; Thunder Fire Near Norwood Not Growing
Bruce Finley - The Denver Post Two lightning-sparked fires were burning in forests of western Colorado Friday morning and firefighters were ramping up efforts to suppress flames. Clouds and rain Thursday afternoon helped slow the largest fire, dubbed the Lowline fire,...
U.S. Forestry Service Started Major NM Wildfire Last Year in Prescribed Burn Gone Wrong
Theresa Braine - New York Daily News The U.S. Forest Service sparked a wildfire last year that scorched more than 60 square miles and nearly reached the city of Los Alamos and the national security laboratory, according to its own internal investigation. The...
Firefighters Making Progress on Wonder Fire but Evacuations Remain Near Shasta Lake (CA)
Daniel Hunt - The Sacramento Bee A vegetation fire burning through rough terrain in Shasta County grew to 150 acres by Tuesday afternoon after sparking on Monday. The Wonder Fire began just after 4 p.m. in an area south of Shasta Lake, prompting evacuation warnings...