VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Kenmore Air plane made an emergency landing, then caught fire near Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands on Thursday night, and all 11 people on board survived. The floatplane, a single-engine turboprop aircraft, took off at 4:30 p.m. from Lake Union in Seattle and went down at 5:15 p.m. in Shallow Bay off of Sucia Island, according to a spokesperson for Kenmore Air. Sucia Island is north of Orcas Island.

The company spokesperson said 11 people in total — 10 passengers and a pilot — were on board at the time of the crash. All of the people were rescued, according to Kenmore Air. Six passengers were transported to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, four passengers were transported to PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center in Friday Harbor and the pilot was transferred to Skagit Valley Hospital, according to Kenmore Air.

As of 6 a.m. Friday, five passengers had been discharged from the hospital, according to PeaceHealth. Two more patients were expected to be discharged later in the day. Three passengers remained hospitalized, including two who were transferred to Harborview Medical Center.

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said one person is in critical condition, and that the victims’ injuries range from “head injuries to broken bones and lacerations.” The plane and its passengers were heading to Roche Harbor.

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Level 3 (Go Now!) evacuations have been issued for a wildfire burning in Grant County. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO), Level 3 evacuations are in effect for the entire towns of Beverly, Washington and Schwana, Washington. People who live along Lower Crab Creek Road up to five miles east of State Route 243 also need to leave immediately, according to the sheriff’s office.

Level 1 (Get Ready!) evacuations are in effect for people near State Route 243 from Morrison Street in Schwana south to Road 24-SW. The fire, which officials are calling the Railroad Fire, has burned about 750 acres so far. GCSO said structures have been lost, but did not say whether homes were lost or not.

According to Grant County PUD, about 282 customers in Beverly, Schwana and Wanapum Village do not have power because the fire brought down power lines in the area. Crews are working to restore power in Wanapum Village, and there is no ETA for power restoration in Beverly and Schwana. State Route 243 is closed at Mattawa and at State Route 26 as crews work to put out the fire.

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VIDEO:A wildfire that started south of Vantage late Wednesday night has grown to more than 600 acres and destroyed seven homes as crews work to contain it.

The towns of Beverly and Schwana in Grant County have been evacuated, as well as people who live along Lower Crab Creek Road, up to 5 miles east of state Route 243, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. In all, about 250 people have been evacuated.

“We’re a pretty close community so it’s hard for everybody,” said Mattawa resident Amy Long. An evacuation shelter is in place at Wahluke High School in Mattawa. The Railroad Fire was estimated to be just over 670 acres as of 11:18 a.m., according to the Department of Natural Resources dashboard. It is burning in grass and sage. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan to support local firefighters. Five wildland strike teams, two helicopters and four-multi-engine scoopers were deployed to help contain the fire.

Kyle Foreman with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said 2026 is “proving to be one of the worst fire seasons in central Washington.”

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VIDEO: A Kenmore Air plane made an emergency landing, then caught fire near Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands, near the Canadian border with Washington state, on Thursday night, and all 11 people on board survived.

The floatplane, a single-engine turboprop aircraft, took off at 4:30 p.m. from Lake Union in Seattle and went down at 5:15 p.m. in Shallow Bay off of Sucia Island, according to a spokesperson for Kenmore Air. The company spokesperson said 11 people in total — 10 passengers and a pilot — were on board at the time of the crash. All of the people were rescued, according to Kenmore Air.

Six passengers were transported to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, four passengers were transported to PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center in Friday Harbor and the pilot was transferred to Skagit Valley Hospital, according to Kenmore Air.

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said one person is in critical condition, and that the victims’ injuries range from “head injuries to broken bones and lacerations.” The plane and its passengers were heading to Roche Harbor. It’s not clear what led up to the crash.

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VIDEO: It’s a scene Rebecca Cummins calls “other worldly.” Her animals running from their pastures as walls of flames close in around their Ferry County property. The Modrite Fire has burned nearly 9,000 acres since it was sparked by lightning on Friday, July 17. So far, the fire is believed to have destroyed five structures.

Several of those structures were on an animal sanctuary ranch in Ferry County, owned by Rebecca and her husband Justin Cummins. The sanctuary was left nearly unrecognizable after the Modrite Fire tore through the county. The Rizn Ranch sanctuary is home to horses, cows, goats, chickens, sheep and livestock guardian dogs. Rebecca and her husband, along with neighbors, tried to protect the property as the flames grew.

“It’s other worldly. I look out my window and I’m like, I don’t even recognize this place,” Rebecca Cummins told KING 5. “As it started to crest the top of the mountains west of us, we realized it was going to come in all the way.” She said they had spent four years completely renovating the property from top to bottom, from the fences to the barns. It was their beloved home, and home to their dozens of animals.

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