A woman in her 70s survived a massive fire that gutted her Bonney Lake home on 218th Avenue Court East. Firefighters found the woman on her back porch with serious burns to her face and head. Neighbors watched the home burn, worried that she didn’t survive. “I was laying in bed and I heard explosions,” neighbor Shanna Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2015 5:08:13 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

A woman in her 70s survived a massive fire that gutted her Bonney Lake home on 218th Avenue Court East. Firefighters found the woman on her back porch with serious burns to her face and head. Neighbors watched the home burn, worried that she didn’t survive. “I was laying in bed and I heard explosions,” neighbor Shanna Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2015 5:08:13 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

A wildfire that forced hundreds of people from their homes Sunday in the Columbia River Gorge is now 98 percent contained, officials said Monday. "We knew there was a fire around," said John Belanger of Wishram, Washington. "We didn't know where." The Horsethief Butte Fire started north of Dallesport, Washington around noon Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2015 2:10:00 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

A wildfire that forced hundreds of people from their homes Sunday in the Columbia River Gorge is now 98 percent contained, officials said Monday. "We knew there was a fire around," said John Belanger of Wishram, Washington. "We didn't know where." The Horsethief Butte Fire started north of Dallesport, Washington around noon Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2015 2:10:00 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

Shaughn Maxwell knew he had to head home. A massive wildfire — which would become bigger and fiercer than any he had ever seen in 27 years as a firefighter — threatened the Methow Valley in rural Eastern Washington. It scorched much of his childhood stomping grounds, including a favorite spot along the Elbow Coulee where he used to sled in the winter.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2015 2:09:00 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald