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100 homes burn in north-central Washington wildfire near Leavenworth

A wildfire is seen raging in the hills behind Brewster early Friday morning, June 18, 2014, in Brewster, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
A wildfire is seen raging in the hills behind Brewster early Friday morning, June 18, 2014, in Brewster, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)

As wildfires continue to burn in Idaho, sending smoke everywhere from Boise to the North Idaho Panhandle – where burning has been banned in all five northernmost counties due to wildfire smoke - an estimated 100 homes have burned in the Carlton Complex Fire in north-central Washington. That blaze is burning in the scenic Methow Valley near Leavenworth; it had blackened 260 square miles by this morning, up dramatically from the last estimate of 28 square miles. You can read a full report here at spokesman.com. 



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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