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SEATTLE (AP) — An initial report looking into the deaths of three firefighters told to abandon home protection and retreat to safety from a rapidly expanding wildfire in Washington state says their fire engine crashed on a winding dirt road on the way out and was engulfed in flames...

TWISP (AP) — Fire officials in Washington state say a complex of wildfires burning in north-central Washington is about 10 percent contained. Spokesman Dan Omdal says containment does not mean the fire has stopped burning. It means it has run out of fuel to burn in that area, either because it has hit a man-made fire line, or a retardant drop or a road or lake...