Spokane fires: an arson arrest over Old Trails, and the engines are moving to Autumn Lane
Spokane County detectives booked a man for first-degree arson over the Old Trails fire. All three fires are still uncontained, and Autumn Lane took most of Monday's reinforcements.
Spokane’s Old Trails fire destroyed a building for every 6.6 acres. No other fire in the country is close
Three fires that started within three and a half hours of each other on Saturday have taken 660 structures — 38% of everything the national fire report records as lost, on 0.31% of its acreage. All three were still at zero containment on Monday morning.
Colorado’s Aspen Acres fire was due to be contained on Wednesday. That morning the federal report moved the date to 15 August
The estimated containment date for the fire southwest of Pueblo had read 29 July in every daily federal situation report since 30 June, when it was 2,476 acres. On the morning of the 29th it changed to 15 August — on a day when the fire itself did not move at all.
Oregon wildfires: 37 large fires, 1.3 million acres and a 10th Conflagration Act invocation
Oregon wildfires span 37 large incidents and 1.32 million acres in Monday’s federal tally, with 68 structures destroyed and the Northwest holding two-thirds of the country’s fire acreage.
Pacific Power’s Oregon rate case: residential bills rise 10.8%, not the 8.6% in the coverage
Pacific Power wants $170.7 million more from Oregon customers. Its own filing puts the residential increase at 10.8% and $15.61 a month — figures the local coverage left out.
Boundary Waters reopens for day use after a closure that voided about 53,000 permit slots
The Boundary Waters reopened select Cook County entry points for day use on Monday after wildfires closed the wilderness on 14 July. Overnight camping stays barred until 29 July.
Minnesota air quality hits worst levels on record as Boundary Waters fires burn
Minnesota recorded the most intense smoke pollution in its history this week, with readings in Ely and Duluth far above anything previously measured. The Twin Cities reached a "hazardous" air rating for the first time on record.
Beshear 'confident' Kentucky will get FEMA aid after floods that killed three in Madison County
At a Richmond news conference, Gov. Andy Beshear said flood damage to roads and bridges makes federal public assistance 'a slam dunk' and that 40 damaged homes may qualify for individual aid.
Three firefighters killed in burnover on Colorado’s Snyder Fire
Three federal wildland firefighters—Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson—died in a burnover near the Colorado-Utah border as the Gore and Knowles fires merged into the 28,000-acre Snyder Fire, with two others injured.
Cottonwood Fire tops 92,000 acres, poised to be Utah's most destructive
Utah's Cottonwood Fire has burned more than 92,000 acres at 0% containment, the largest active wildfire in the US, prompting Gov. Spencer Cox to declare an emergency and restrict fireworks through July 5 as 12 fires scorch the state.
Cottonwood Fire becomes the largest burning in the US as rare 'particularly dangerous' warning issued
The human-caused Cottonwood Fire in Utah's Fishlake National Forest grew past 70,000 acres with zero containment, prompting the Salt Lake City weather office's first-ever Particularly Dangerous Red Flag Warning and evacuations in Beaver County.