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Pacific Northwest wildfires burn hundreds of homes

By Associated Press

Sept. 11, 2020

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Derek Trenton and Shawna Haptonstall look at the ruins of Derek's parents home as wildfires devastate the region, Friday, Sept. 11 in Talent, Ore.
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Volunteer Elizabeth Stoltz of Heisson waters the Fort Vancouver Garden in Vancouver, Wash., Friday, Sept. 11. Stolz said things were extra dried out because of the wind and smoke. "The wind sucks the life out of everything," she said. Stoltz said she is still not under evacuation from the Big Hollow Fire but her family made a plan in case it gets to that point. Clark County entered hazardous air-quality territory late Thursday as wildfire smoke traveling from other areas enveloped Southwest Washington.
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Carlie Reiswig of Wilsonville, Ore., cleans the barn at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Ridgefield, Wash., Friday, Sept. 11. Reiswig evacuated his home earlier this week and is now staying near his horses at the fairgrounds. "Stress kills, so trying to eliminate that part, but it's the unknown," he said. "We are scared." Around 160 horses from surrounding areas are now boarded at the fairgrounds due to wildfire evacuations and many of the owners are staying on the grounds as well in their RV's and trailers.
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A neighborhood destroyed by fire is seen as wildfires devastate the region, Friday, Sept. 11 in Talent, Ore.
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A neighborhood destroyed by fire is seen as wildfires devastate the region, Friday, Sept. 11 in Talent, Ore.
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ERIKA SCHULTZ/THE SEATTLE TIMES VIA AP

Boaters pass by the Seattle skyline during hazy air conditions Friday morning, Sept. 11. Smoke pollution from wildfires raging in California and across the Pacific Northwest worsened in San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, on Friday, giving those cities and others in the the region some of the world’s worst air quality.
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An American flag on top the Space Needle was lowered to half-staff today by the Seattle Fire Department to remember those who lost their lives on 9/11, Friday, Sept. 11. Thick smoke from wildfires burning across Washington, Oregon and California makes seeing the Space Needle and downtown Seattle nearly impossible in this view from Queen Anne Hill.
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Pink fire retardant covers a car at an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, in Talent, Ore.
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Desiree Pierce reacts as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, in Talent, Ore. "I just needed to see it, to get some closure," said Pierce.
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Desiree Pierce cries as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, in Talent, Ore. "I just needed to see it, to get some closure," said Pierce.
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Desiree Pierce cries as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, in Talent, Ore. "I just needed to see it, to get some closure," said Pierce.
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Desiree Pierce, right, hugs her step daughter Leah Johnson as they visit their home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, in Talent, Ore.
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Rubble remains from an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, in Talent, Ore.
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Smoke from wildfires is seen in the air as lights from T-Mobile Park, left, are reflected in a window of CenturyLink Field, right, following an MLS soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and the San Jose Earthquakes, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Seattle. A huge plume of smoke from fires in Oregon and California moved into the Seattle area Thursday night, leading to warnings of unhealthy air quality in many areas of the state through the weekend.
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In this Thursday, Sept. 10 Copernicus Sentinel-3 image, provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, multiple fires can be seen hovering over the U.S. states of California, Washington and Oregon. In the top of the image, the cities of Vancouver and Seattle are visible.
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Smoke from widlfires shrouds the town of West Linn, Ore., in this Christian Gallagher drone photo taken around 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.
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A lone kayaker is seen on the Willamette River in the town of West Linn, Ore., in this Christian Gallagher photo taken before 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.
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One of many homes destroyed by Pearl Hill fire late Monday night, Sept. 7, sits among the charred landscape, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Bridgeport, Wash.
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A vehicle destroyed by Pearl Hill fire late Monday night, Sept. 7, sits among the charred landscape, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Bridgeport, Wash.
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Javier Pascacio Pacheco and his aunt Maria Carranza Perez, who fled with few possessions and the clothes on their backs as the Pearl Hill fire destroying their home and several others late Monday night, Sept. 7, look over the destruction, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Bridgeport, Wash.
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The Reyes family looks at the destruction of their home at Coleman Creek Estates mobile home park in Phoenix, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 10. The area was destroyed when a wildfire swept through on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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Dora Negrete holds her dog Scoovy, standing by her destroyed mobile home at the Talent Mobile Estates as wildfires devastate the region on Thursday, Sept. 10 in Talent, Ore.
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Dora Negrete, right, and her husband Marcelino Rocha, left, and son Hector Rocha console each other after seeing their destroyed mobile home at the Talent Mobile Estates as wild fires devastate the region on Thursday, Sept. 10 in Talent, Ore.
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A neighborhood destroyed by fire is seen as wildfires devastate the region, Thursday Sept. 10, in Talent, Ore.
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Italia Guterrez, 9, searches the rubble of her family's mobile home in Talent, Ore., that is covered in red residue from an air drop of fire retardant, Thursday, Sept. 10. Italia's family lost everything in the fire earlier in the week and have no insurance or savings. The fires in southern Oregon have taken the most from those with the least, leveling multiple trailer parks in both Talent and nearby Phoenix, Ore.
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From left, Italia Guterrez, 9, Penelope Guterrez, 13, and Thomas Guterrez, 4, wait as their father, Artemio Guterrez, salvages a few items from their scorched mobile home in Talent, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 10. Artemio Guterrez, a single father of four, barely had time to escape with his children as a wildfire raced through the Talent Mobile Estates earlier in the week. The fires in southern Oregon have taken the most from those with the least, leveling multiple trailer parks in both Talent and nearby Phoenix, Ore.
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Eden McCarthy pets her dog Hina in the rubble of her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Talent, Ore.
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A charred car sits in the driveway of a neighborhood devastated by the Almeda fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Phoenix, Ore.
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A couple, who declined to give their names, embrace while touring in an area devastated by the Almeda fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, in Phoenix, Ore.

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