UPDATED — Fire crews eye weather as heat, wind build in parts of the West - Peninsula Daily
Steve Surgeon surveys the ruins after he lost everything he owned except his home in a wildfire on the outskirts of Okanogan on Sunday (Aug. He said he stayed as the fire raced over a ridge and barreled down toward his home, flames lapping just feet from his back porch. Chris Schaefer, a faller with U. S. Timber Cutters, pounds a wedge as he cuts down a tree on Wednesday near a fireline on the First Creek Fire near Chelan. Trees that posed a risk to firefighters or that could fall and carry fire across dirt fire lines were being cut Wednesday as firefighters braced for high winds and heat later in the day. Chris Schaefer, a faller with U. S. Timber Cutters, pounds a wedge as he cuts down a tree on Wednesday near a fireline on the First Creek Fire near Chelan. Trees that posed a risk to firefighters or that could fall and carry fire across dirt fire lines were being cut Wednesday as firefighters braced for high winds and heat later in the day. WENATCHEE— The memorial service for three firefighters who died while battling the Okanogan Complex of wildfires will be Sunday in Wenatchee. Officials say the service will begin at 1 p. m. at the Toyota Center in the central Washington city. Three firefighters were killed and four injured when flames overtook them last Wednesday while they were fighting the. Source: www.peninsuladailynews.com
