The Substation fire burning about 10-12 miles Southeast of The Dalles, OR is suspected as having been started by arson.
Although the investigation will have to continue, the fire has been burning for the better part of 7 days, and has claimed one life...
A Salt Lake City man is in custody for not only being in possession of a stolen vehicle, but also accused of arson, for setting at a least four brush fires in Oregon. One of them grew into the well-known McKay Fire near LaPine. It torched nearly 1,300 acres.
It is the largest number of firefighters lost from one wildfire in more than 30 years, and the most from a single event since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. In total, 19 firefighters have perished while on the front lines of a wildfire in Arizona, 18 of them were members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew
Four miles northwest of Ellensburg and four miles southeast of Cle Elum, the Taylor Bridge fire has already burned approximately 60 structures and over 28,000 acres. There are many businesses and organizations offering to collect donations for the victims and the fire departments...
Officials now say the massive Taylor Bridge fire burning near Thorp and Cle Elum was apparently caused by a crew working near Taylor Bridge less than 13 miles north of Ellensburg.