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Wildfires in Washington state have resulted in elevated concentrations of fine particulate matter over parts of southern B.C.

The Okanogan Complex of wildfires, where three firefighters died on Wednesday, grew by more than 100 square miles and stood at 355 square miles on Saturday morning.

Kale Casey, the public information officer on the Chelan Complex, said he’s concerned about the town of Manson – south of hotspots and in the direction of the expected wind shift. He said since Friday the fire has grown 100 square miles. The governor’s office...

Pray for the displaced camp staff and their families, many of them who have loved ones remaining at Hume.

“Today, we’re lucky”, said Todd Pechota, commander of the interagency team fighting the fires.

Smoke is now showing near the Snow Summit Ski Resort just south of Big Bear Lake.

“I’ve never had to make that decision: ‘We’re not going to do anything'”. But their firefighting brothers and sisters had little time to mourn as raging fires forced entire communities to flee their homes 60 miles away. Resources were so strained...

The Stickpin wildfire burning in northern Ferry County, Washington, 4.5 kilometres south of the Canada-United States border (near Grand Forks) is now estimated at 16,830 hectares.

The massive cloud of smoke is expected to lift over the wildfires in Washington state on Sunday, but as air quality improves fire behavior could become more erratic and intense, fire officials said.

More than 70 firefighters will make their way to the United States to help American counterparts battle more than 100 wildfires across the country. In other words: same sad stories, new year.

“Smoke serves as a cap on the fire”.

Three firefighters — Tom Zbyszewski, Richard Wheeler and Andrew Zajac — died Wednesday when flames consumed their crashed vehicle in Washington state.

Authorities revealed Wednesday that the destructive Rocky Fire was caused by a faulty gas water heater.

The fire forced more 13,000 residents to evacuate and ultimately destroyed 43 homes and 53 outbuildings, authorities said. As the fire grew rapidly, campers, hikers and residents sought safer ground.

Both communities were in the path of flames from a cluster of wildfires dubbed the Okanogan Complex, which has doubled in size since Thursday to scorch some 161,000 acres (65,154 hectares) of brush and dry timber about 115 miles (185 km) northeast of Seattle. In all, almost a...