This week marks 23 years since a massive wildfire burning north of Winthrop Washington killed four firefighters. Investigators believed it was an abandoned cooking fire paired with a severe drought ...

WINTHROP -- The Thirtymile fire was the deadliest wildfire in seven years -- an abandoned campfire fueled by drought and summer heat that trapped 14 firefighters and two campers in a dead-end canyon.

SPOKANE — A fire crew supervisor who admitted lying to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Each had developed a very different, yet very real, bond with fire. Tom Craven, Karen FitzPatrick, Jessica Johnson and Devin Weaver were all adventurous souls whose jobs as ...

In Washington, investigators have speculated that an unattended campfire was responsible for the Thirtymile Fire that left four firefighters dead earlier this summer. But fire officials yesterday said ...

YAKIMA, Wash (AP) – Four firefighters were killed in the Thirty Mile fire because basic safety rules weren’t followed, according to a U.S. Forest Service report released Wednesday. Firefighters and ...

Inaccurate assessment of fire potential led to deaths. YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- The Forest Service has identified at least five key factors that led to the deaths of four firefighters in the Thirty Mile ...