fires

The National Weather Service forecast for this week isn't calling for any big storms mainly just some clouds and sun.

Evacuation notices for the Pipeline Fire were lifted on Saturday. Both of the fires were started by lightning last week.

The news about this satire event out of Spokane is spreading like fire (pun intended).

The Yakima Fire Department responded to 2 separate fires at almost the same time around 1:44 a.m. Saturday.

Firefighters say they're hoping for full containment by September. More than 200 people remain on the scene fighting the blaze started by a lightning strike.

Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is instituting a statewide ban on outdoor burning on the 13 million acres of forests and state parks under DNR fire protection.

Large smoke plumes can be see on the ridge as officials burn fields of dry grass and brush so they don't have to put out big fires in the future.

The fire was reported at about 6:00 p.m. in the 600 block of Cowiche Canyon Road.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Top federal and state fire managers say the National Fire Preparedness Level will be raised to its highest point Friday afternoon. The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group made the announcement Thursday, saying the jump to Preparedness Level 5 reflects a high degree of wildfire activity and that further assistance from the military and international resources may be conside

LEAVENWORTH  (AP) — Officials say a wildfire near a popular Washington state hiking and skiing destination is now about 50 percent contained. The blaze just north of Leavenworth started Tuesday and intensified, but Northwest Incident Management Team spokesman Brendan Cowan said Wednesday that hundreds of firefighters and other responders have been able to make progress on the initial fire and two