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Dangerous wildfire keeps crews from reaching helicopter crash in Utah 0
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- August 8, 2026
A large Utah wildfire kept emergency responders from safely reaching the remote site of a helicopter crash on Saturday as other fires burned across several Western states, including one that closed part of Mount Rainier National Park. The Friday morning crash of a Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest ignited a new fire
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Body found in California home burned by wildfire believed started by chain saw 0
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- August 7, 2026
SAN ANDREAS, Calif. — A dead body was found inside a central California home burned by a wildfire that investigators believe was accidentally started by sparks from a chain saw, authorities said Thursday. Herbert Wayne Smith, 65, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the blaze that has destroyed seven structures and scorched more than 15
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Unusually intense haboob dust storms strike Phoenix twice this week 0
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- August 7, 2026
Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists said Thursday. The storms — called haboobs — occur throughout the U.S. Southwest when strong downdrafts from thunderstorms stir up loose dust and dirt that get blown along in front of
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Firefighters get a handle on Spokane wildfires as tens of thousands remain evacuated 0
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- August 5, 2026
SPOKANE, Wash. — Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead. Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires affecting
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Arson suspect arrested as Spokane battles devastating wildfires 0
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- August 4, 2026
SPOKANE, Wash. — A man from Spokane, Washington, was arrested Monday and charged with setting one of the three devastating wildfires that are burning through the region. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of first degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire, the
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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of buildings and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate 0
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- August 4, 2026
SPOKANE, Wash. — Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing. The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second-largest city, were among the
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