The trick to fighting wildfires in the steep canyons of the north Cascades is to look for every available resource, even rock faces, to hold back and contain the flames, said veteran firefighter Alan Lawson. Hundreds of firefighters are using those tactics now against the more than 4,500-acre Sourdough fire in North Cascades National Park.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle

According to Fire District 3 Chief Cody Rohrbach, 90% of the fires we see in the Spokane area are caused by people, and this region is especially at risk. Our already-stretched thin fire crews battled a new fire today in Spokane city limits they say was caused by a homeless encampment. The Thorpe fire, off Highway 195 and Thorpe Road burned about 15 acres.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2023 10:58:00 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-AM 920 Spokane

VIDEOS: Fast-moving wildfires raced through Eastern Washington over the weekend, burning homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities. One of the fires, the wind-driven the Gray Fire, has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2023 9:21:23 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Tacoma

PHOTOS: More than a dozen apartments were destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon in Greenville County, South Carolina. The fire started just before 1 p.m. at the Stoneledge Plantation Apartments at the corner of Roper Mountain Road and Garlington Road. The Boiling Springs Fire Department said 16 apartments were burned and two other buildings were damaged by heat.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYFF-TV NBC 4 Greenville

VIDEO: According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a man has been arrested after a video showed a car racing around a fire truck with lights and sirens on in April. Deputies said 25-year-old Elijah Grove-Thomas faces felony and misdemeanor charges. According to Orange County Fire Rescue, the incident happened near Sand Lake and Winegard as they responded to a car fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Daytona Beach