Officials See Victory Over Rash of Wildfires
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Cooperative weather and the toil of hundreds of firefighters were paying off as wildfires that once roared through the West wound down, officials in Omak, Wash., said.
A batch of fires in Eastern Washington that had threatened hundreds of homes had all but surrendered to firefighters aided by rainy weather.
Fire officials in Oregon also claimed a complete victory, having contained the last major wildfires.
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