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U.S. Northwest wildfire response
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In late July 2026, 2026 U.S. fire‑fighting agencies broadened their expanded a multi‑jurisdictional effort across the western states and Hawaiʻi. The Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Black Hawk helicopter completed 22 water‑dropping missions on the Kawaihae Road fire, delivering more than 14,500 gallons gal and helping bring bringing the blaze to 65 % containment after a brief evacuation of the Kawaihae Village Subdivision. containment. In eastern Oregon, Army National Guard CH‑47 Chinook and HH‑60M Black Hawk helicopters performed 44 drops, releasing roughly 50,000 gallons gal on the Hagen Fire, which had burned about 33,500 acres and remained only 3 % contained. Australia and New Zealand contributed 74 firefighters to over a dozen incidents in Oregon and Washington, filling leadership and incident‑management gaps under the direction of International Liaison Officer Sam Quigley. California’s CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 4 was dispatched deployed to Washington under the Northwest Compact, leading marking the first CAL FIRE team sent to the state to lead operations on the Sinlahekin Fire as it expanded Fire, which grew to more than 8,500 acres in three days—the first CAL FIRE deployment under the agreement. days. AMR Spokane’s Wildland Medical Team provided frontline care operated alongside crews at multiple the Akawa Butte, Castle, Pearl Hill and Modrite fires, while state providing frontline care for heat‑related illness, smoke inhalation and trauma. State officials warned that 45 large fires were burning across Washington and Oregon, scorching over 1.8 million acres, while nationwide burn totals reached roughly 2.6 million acres and prompting calls for the year. Governors of Washington, Oregon and Idaho activated additional strike‑team leaders, aviation crews, crews and National Guard personnel. troops, and an executive order in Oregon made all wildfire‑qualified staff available for firefighting. Smoke from the blazes pushed air‑quality indexes into unhealthy levels for more than 30 regional cities. Satellite imagery later showed the Old Trails Fire in Spokane County destroying over 700 buildings as it spread rapidly.
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- 2026-08-03 22:26 UTC U.S. Northwest wildfire response
- 2026-07-31 18:22 UTC U.S. Northwest wildfire response
- 2026-07-30 23:31 UTC U.S. Northwest wildfire response
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