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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

BURIEN (AP) — Authorities are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti and fires set outside a home just south of Seattle in Burien. The Seattle Times reports deputies got a report of an explosion and fire at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday. King County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cindi West says deputies found two vehicles on fire as well as a nearby shed...

Yakima city officials thanked local volunteers and community contributors Friday afternoon as a truckload of donated goods for crews and residents affected by the Okanogan Complex fire left the Yakima Convention Center. Mayor Micah Cawley also singled out several dozen local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members, who pitched in to help pack and load individual bags of toiletries and

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...