Stevens County Complex fire
The Stevens County Complex fire has stretched state and local fire forces thin overnight, driving some homeowners to battle the flames themselves. Stevens County Fire Chief Les Schneiter said eight homes have burned. Multiple fire districts responded to the Addy area fire, he said. However, the Department of Natural Resources crews were scarce because of fire activity across the Inland Northwest.
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Lorne Brunson, 42, stands near the smouldering remains of his home on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, which was lost to a wildfire Saturday near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash. “It’s just so sad driving up here,” he said. “So sad.”
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Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015
The charred remains of a forest near Coyote Canyon is seen on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash.
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MaryAnn Rieckers, of Fruitland hugs Pixie, the goat, on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, who is one of her hundred or so, animals she rescued from her which Fruitland home as it was under siege from a wildfire Saturday near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash.
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A helicopter pulls water from a lake near the Coyote Canyon Fire on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash.
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The charred remains of a pickup and barn are seen near Coyote Canyon on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, near Fruitland, Wash.
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Trevor Cartwright, of Stevens County District 2 catches Zucchini thrown by Fruitland Service Station owner Kathy Benson to take along with water, and other supplies to firefighters working on the Coyote Canyon on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash. The Zucchini was donated by Mark and Paula Kirkpatrick, who pulled it, along with onions and other vegetables from their garden.
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The charred remains of a home near Coyote Canyon is seen on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash.
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What survived of Lorne Brunson’s garden is on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, after succumbing to a wildfire Saturday near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash.
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Lorne Brunson, 42, stands on a hill overlooking remains of his homestead on Sunday, Aug 16, 2015, which was lost to a wildfire Saturday near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash. “Next spring it’s going to be gorgeous, it’s going to be grassy, it’s going to be beautiful,” he said. “We just have to get there.”
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A massive wildfire burns early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015
Homeowner Scott Lamica, left, offers firefighters from Stevens County Fire District 5 coffee after they saved his home off Marble Valley-Basin Road early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, from a wildfire raging in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Larry Brashler, left, of Stevens County Fire District 5, works with his wife Melanie, right to battle a massive wildfire early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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A massive wildfire is seen early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Christopher Kreis, left, works with family members and friends to deploy a water truck loaned from Hanson Logging on Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, as they defend their homes on Townsend-Sackman Road in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Paul Kreis, left, shouts to family members for more water as flames flare up behind him on Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, as they defend their homes on Townsend-Sackman Road in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Paul Kreis, left, uses the hose from a water truck to extinguish flares threatening his family’s homes on Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015,on Townsend-Sackman Road in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Christopher Kreis, left, pulls firehose up a smoldering hill to his uncle Paul Kreis on Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, as they defend their homes on Townsend-Sackman Road in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Paul Kreis, searches a smoldering forest floor for embers and uses the hose from a water truck to extinguish them on Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, on Townsend-Sackman Road in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Christopher Kreis, left, pulls firehose up a smoldering hill to his uncle Paul Kreis, right, on Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, as they defend their homes on Townsend-Sackman Road in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Melanie Brashler, of Stevens County Fire District 5, works with in a two-person crew with her husband Larry to fight a flare-up of a massive wildfire along Townsend-Sackman Road early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Melanie Brashler, of Stevens County Fire District 5, works with in a two-person crew with her husband Larry to fight a flare-up of a massive wildfire along Townsend-Sackman Road early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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Melanie Brashler, of Stevens County Fire District 5, works with in a two-person crew with her husband Larry to fight a flare-up of a massive wildfire along Townsend-Sackman Road early Saturday morning, Aug 15, 2015, in the hills near Addy, Wash.
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