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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Winds fan wildfire in central Washington; hundreds of homes threatened

A wildfire fills the sky with smoke north and above Bordertown, Nev., Tuesday July 15, 2014. Wildfires were also burning in Idaho, Oregon and California on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT Residents of hundreds of homes were urged to evacuate Wednesday as a wind-driven central Washington wildfire raced through heavy timber, sending up a towering column of smoke. Residents of 860 homes have been told they should leave immediately, fire spokesman Rick Acosta said Wednesday night. A Chelan County emergency management spokeswoman said earlier that another 800 homes were less seriously threatened. There was zero containment on the Chiwaukum Creek fire burning about 10 miles north of Leavenworth, Acosta said.




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