Al Camp
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The Omak-Okanogan county chronicle
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©[2016]
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English
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Hellstorm. Ring of fire. Firestorm.
For the second summer in a row, mammoth wildfires hammered North Central Washington during 2015. The week-long nightmare of fire left residents on edge and grieving losses of homes, barns, cattle, wildlife, timber, rangeland and farms-and three U.S. Forest Service firefighters who died while battling one of the fires. Smoke and ash chocked the area, reducing visibility to less than a football field's length; charred...
Author
Publisher
The Omak-Okanogan county chronicle
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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July 14, 2014: Four lightning strikes ignite tinder-dry timber and sagebrush, and became a conflagration that blackens 256,108 acres. It was the largest wildfire in Washington state history. Fanned by high winds and temperatures topping 100 degrees, the blaze rolled across Okanogan County, leveling more than 300 homes and cabins, fencing, barns, farm machinery, crops, timber and grazing land. Wildlife and livestock perished; electric and phne lines...