taylor bridge fire

As firefighters work to contain the Taylor Bridge fire near Cle Elum. Organizers are getting the Kittitas County fairgrounds ready for the Ellensburg Fair and Rodeo which opens next Thursday.  Roylene Crawford is President of the Kittitas County Fair board who tells NewsTalk KIT...

Every day the 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers who work at the SunComm operations center in Yakima make sure victims of accidents, fires, crime, and other emergencies get help quickly by getting first responders on scene as soon as possible...

As of 5pm on Aug. 20th, Kittitas County Emergency Management has completed approximately 90% of damage assessments from the Taylor Bridge Fire. Assessment teams have confirmed 51 houses or cabins completely lost, 6 houses or cabins with partial damage, and 26 additional properties with other structure loss...

Washington (AP) Fire crews have reached 57 percent containment on a central Washington wildfire that has burned dozens of homes. The Taylor Bridge fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., has burned across more than 36 square miles or 23,000 acres of grass, sagebrush and timber...

Crews are once again blasting in an area near the snowshed this week that could bring down a substantial amount of debris onto Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass, resulting in a closure that could last longer than an hour. The Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor crews will close the pass at 7:30 p...

Firefighters remain on the lines of the Taylor Bridge fire on this Monday.  Officials say the fire is now 47 percent contained.  Now, it's time for people like Joanie Lee to begin picking up the pieces.  Lee had just a few hours to get out of her home before it went up in flames...

Swiftwater Cellars hosts a FREE benefit concert TONIGHT (Friday August 17th) for the victims of the Taylor Bridge Fire in Cle Elum, Washington. Benefit concert planned hours after country singer Trace Adkins cancels a scheduled performance due to the wild fires.

The Better Business Bureau of eastern Washington is warning about scammers trying to trick people who want to give to help with recovery efforts in the Taylor Bridge fire near Cle Elum.  The BBB's Chelsea Dannon says scammers have set up websites hoping to gain donations or financial information from web surfers...

CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) — Fire commanders say a firefighter is recovering at home for a few days after suffering minor facial burns Wednesday at the Taylor Bridge Fire in central Washington. Fire officials said in a statement Thursday that members of an engine crew attempted to leave an area where a tree had torched with flames, but found their vehicle wouldn't start...

Some residents forced to flee the Taylor Bridge Fire were allowed to return home on Thursday, but the fire raged on, leaving much of Kittitas County on edge. Fueled by hotter temperatures and shifting winds, new flames advanced north toward Bettas Road...