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Residents Told to Leave as Fire Burns in Chelan County
Residents Told to Leave as Fire Burns in Chelan County
Residents Told to Leave as Fire Burns in Chelan County
LEAVENWORTH (AP) — Authorities are telling some residents to leave immediately as a fire that started at an old log yard burns north of Leavenworth. Deputy State Fire Marshal Melissa Gannie says stacks of logs at an old mill burned and spread to downed timber, brush and standing timber Tuesday afternoon...
Oregon Residents Return Home Following Oil Train Derailment
Oregon Residents Return Home Following Oil Train Derailment
Oregon Residents Return Home Following Oil Train Derailment
SEATTLE (AP) — Dozens of residents of an Oregon town have been given the all clear to return home, after crews made progress in repairing damage caused by the of an derailment oil train that sparked a fire. About a hundred people — a quarter of Mosier's population — were evacuated Friday after several cars carrying the volatile oil went off the tracks...