Wildfires burning in Central Washington are changing as of Monday, with officials now changing which fire is a part of which complex. On Monday afternoon, the Tunk Block fire closed a small one-mile gap and merged with the larger North Star Fire to the east. There are six fires that make up the Okanogan Complex: Blue Lake, Lime Belt, and Beaver Lake all burned together and are now referred to as the Lime Belt Fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2015 8:40:55 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

Fire officials say the Sunnyside Fire in the Skokomish Valley is 100 percent contained. The fire burned 59 acres on a power line corridor and heavy timber. There are no reports of damage to structures in the area, but the fire damaged several wooden power poles. Crews from DNR, the Forest Service, local fire districts, and the Skokomish Tribe are working to manage the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2015 5:36:30 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Fire officials say the Sunnyside Fire in the Skokomish Valley is 100 percent contained. The fire burned 59 acres on a power line corridor and heavy timber. There are no reports of damage to structures in the area, but the fire damaged several wooden power poles. Crews from DNR, the Forest Service, local fire districts, and the Skokomish Tribe are working to manage the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2015 5:36:30 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Officials fighting a forest fire in Olympic National Park say they successfully used a drone last week to get overhead, infrared video to steer water-dropping helicopters to their target. “They were watching a live feed and were able to direct helicopter bucket drops to heat,” said Brentwood Reid, fire-information officer for the Paradise fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

Los Angeles County authorities have demanded the end of a controversial program that reduced the number of paramedics on Long Beach ambulances by half, saying it compromised public safety. In July 2014, the so-called “rapid medic deployment” moved one paramedic from each of the eight city ambulances to work on Long Beach Fire Department fire engines.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: press-telegram