fires

By way of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the website Washington Smoke Information, here's what it looked like from above when all that smoke from Canada and other Northwest fires rolled in. These photos are time lapse from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.

Look out any window in TC right now and you'll see a smokey haze. It seems that the fire might be close but in reality it's a bit further away then you'd think...

It happens when you are trying to do the right thing and it literally backfires on you, a man in Kennewick started a grass fire while trying to prevent a fire. Kennewick Fire Department responded to a fire burning near Edison Street Monday afternoon.

An early morning fire displaced several Kennewick residents this morning at the Tanglewood Apartments. Kennewick Fire Department arrived on scene to several apartment units on fire but quickly got the fire under control.

Kennewick police report a woman has been sent to Lourdes Counseling in Richland after a series of dumpster fires were reported in town.

Humidity and moisture levels are causing a red flag warning. This is the right condition for fires to erupt. Firefighters say this is early for a red flag warning. "It's time to be extra cautious, especially if you are using open barbeques and fire pits," said Benton County Fire District Four's Captain Paul Carlyle...

A woman and her two pets are dead in Richland after flames engulfed her home this morning.

Washington State Parks Department bans all campfires in all state parks for rest of summer due to fire danger.

You'd think it was armageddon or something by the way it looks outside! I didn't live here when Mt. Saint Helen's erupted but I imagine it looked like this out then. I think the majority of the smoke and ash is possibly coming from the Table Mountain Fires (don't quote me on this...

With fires raging all around the Columbia Basin causing poor air quality, the Walla Walla school district has decided to cancel today's cross country meet. Kamiakin, Kennewick, and Southridge high schools had been scheduled to participate.