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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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Smoke Streams Across Eastern Washington – NASA Science 0
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- August 4, 2026
The start of August 2026 saw ongoing and new wildland fires burning in eastern Washington. West of Chelan, the Little Giant fire continued to produce heavy smoke, while a cluster of smaller fires farther east near Spokane affected tens of thousands of people. The smoke from these and other fires poured east-northeast across the state
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Arson arrest made over largest of Washington state’s wildfires 0
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- August 4, 2026
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson over the largest of the wildfires that have forced more than 60,000 people to evacuate from the city of Spokane in Washington state. Three major fires have been burning around the north-western state’s second-most-populous city since the weekend, with firefighters still working to contain the flames.
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