Wildfires continued to ravage three western states Sunday, with
scores of homes and cabins lost, and many more menaced by flames.
The Lawyer
Complex Fire near Kamiah, in northwest Idaho, has destroyed an estimated 50
homes and 75 outbuildings, according to the state's Department of Lands.
So far, it is 15%
contained, with more than 770 officials working to bring the flames under
control. It includes the Old Greer, Kamiah Gulch, Lawyer 6 and Adams Grade
fires, across a combined total of around 20,759 acres.
There have been
no reports of death or injury as a result of the fire, authorities said.
However, Cheryl
Lee Wissler, 70, of Adams Grade, died Friday when she fell and suffered a head
wound while preparing for possible evacuation, said the sheriff's department.
Mandatory
evacuations remain in place around Kamiah.
Washington state
Wind-pushed fires burned around Chelan
and McNeil Canyon, in central Washington state, and remain actively burning
with zero containment and the potential to grow, fire officials said Saturday.
An estimated 100
structures have already been lost, including homes and cabins in the four fires
around Chelan, a town of about 4,000 people, according to Chelan County
Emergency Management. No deaths or serious injuries have been reported.
Up to 1,500
evacuation orders are in place, and fire officials are scrambling to come up
with a plan of attack.
Lightning
strikes started the fires Friday
morning, said Jim Duck of the Central Washington Interagency Communication
Center.
California
A thousand miles to the south, in
California's Angeles National Forest, the Cabin Fire started Saturday.
The fire covers
1,484 acres and is 20% contained, according to the national fire tracking
website InciWeb. Five structures have burned down.
Five
firefighters were evacuated with minor injuries and 462 personnel are on scene,
InciWeb said.
The fire is
south of Falling Springs off Highway 39, which is closed in the affected areas
for the rest of the weekend.
The National
Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for parts of California, where
four years of historic drought have made it easy for flames to spread.
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