WASHINGTON - Authorities: Extreme fire danger in Northwest

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Authorities: Extreme

fire danger in Northwest

Wednesday,

August 23, 2006; Posted: 1:17 p.m. EDT (17:17 GMT)

 

DAYTON, Washington (AP) -- Red flag warnings were posted for wide areas of the

Northwest on Wednesday, indicating extreme fire danger as crews battled

spreading wildfires.

A group of wind-driven fires near Dayton in southeast Washington had raced across more

than 15,000 acres, or more than 23 square miles, of grass, brush, trees and

wheat fields.

Thirty-five residents of a nursing home were evacuated

Tuesday because of heavy smoke, and as many as 300 other people were urged to

leave their homes. The fires near town were sparked by lightning on Monday and

fanned by wind gusting to 30 mph.

No homes had burned as of late Tuesday, but some

outbuildings and a couple of vehicles were lost, said Ray Steiger, a spokesman

for the management team on the fire. No injuries were reported, and the main

fires were burning away from this town of about 2,700 people.

Meteorologists predicted scattered thunderstorms, wind and

low humidity in the area Wednesday.

Red flag warnings or fire weather watches also were posted

for parts of eastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah, the National Fire Information Center said.

An evacuation order was issued Wednesday for 25 to 30 homes

in a subdivision east of Billings, Montana, as a nearby wildfire grew to at least 3,300 acres, said Mary

Apple, fire information officer with the Billings Dispatch Center. The blaze destroyed two

homes, a barn and several outbuildings Tuesday.

About 190 homes in the Emerald Hills subdivision were

ordered evacuated Tuesday but " not everyone evacuated, " Apple said.

The fire, fueled by timber and grass, was reported Tuesday morning; the cause

was not yet known.

Oregon's largest wildfire had

covered 20,000 acres, or 31 square miles, since it was started by lightning on

Monday in the state's remote southeast corner.

Crews were bulldozing a line to protect the town of Fields, Oregon, population 20. The fire

was about 6 miles east of town Wednesday morning.

South of Burns, Oregon, two campgrounds on Steens Mountain were evacuated Tuesday and campers in a third were advised to

leave, all precautionary measures, said Tara Wilson, spokeswoman for the

firefighters. She said the fires were miles from the campgrounds but could

block evacuation routes later.

The National Fire Information Center said wildfires were reported Tuesday in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Fires also broke out

during the night in the northwest corner of Nebraska.

So far this year, wildfires have blackened 6.8 million

acres, or 10,600 square miles, compared to 6.7 million acres at this same time

last year, the center said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/23/wildfires.ap/index.html

 

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