Seven minutes after a deputy radioed that the wind from a growing wildfire had shifted direction, dispatchers got a second call: A burn victim needed an ambulance. Five minutes later, another caller said several firefighters were trapped. Within the span of 12 minutes, the wildfire in Washington state went from being just one of many lightning-sparked blazes burning across the Pacific Northwest to the scene of the deadliest single wildfire this year in the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIROtv

An Edmonds artist is paying tribute to three men who died fighting the Washington wildfires. Andrew Zajac, Richard Wheeler, and Tom Zbyszewski died last week in a fire in Twisp, Washington. Michael Reagan is an artist who has drawn more than 4300 portraits of fallen soldiers and delivered them to their families for free.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2015 8:22:32 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

An Edmonds artist is paying tribute to three men who died fighting the Washington wildfires. Andrew Zajac, Richard Wheeler, and Tom Zbyszewski died last week in a fire in Twisp, Washington. Michael Reagan is an artist who has drawn more than 4300 portraits of fallen soldiers and delivered them to their families for free.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2015 8:22:32 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Citing an incredible outpouring of support and volunteers offering to fight the Washington wildfires, the state said it has met its goals and will close its volunteer-intake centers in central Washington on Thursday. “The outpouring of support has been incredibly heartwarming and humbling,” said Mary Verner, deputy for DNR’s statewide wildfire program.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2015 8:12:10 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13