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Wildfires burn across western US and Canada as residents are evacuated 0
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- August 10, 2026
Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a wary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return. In western Canada, over 20,000 people were forced to flee communities along Okanagan Lake in
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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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A helicopter battling a Utah wildfire crashes with no word on the 2 people aboard 0
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- August 7, 2026
RICHFIELD, Utah — A heavy-lift helicopter helping battle a Utah wildfire crashed Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said, with no immediate word on the conditions of the two aboard. The helicopter was one of seven working the fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that
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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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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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Residents react after Spokane, Washingotn, fires destroy hundreds of homes 0
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- August 5, 2026
Thousands of Spokane-area residents are grappling with the aftermath of devastating wildfires that swept through eastern Washington state over the weekend. More than 60,000 people were forced to evacuate as wind-driven flames destroyed more than 700 homes. Residents have returned to find their homes reduced to ash. Authorities have arrested Spokane resident Aaron Farinacci, 37,
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