>>
>> WELL,
>> WELL, IT'S A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR A FAMILY TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM A COLD SPRINGS FIRE IN
CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON. GOOD AFTERNOON, THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. I'M MARK WRIGHT.
>> I'M JOYCE TAYLOR, A ONE-YEAR-
OLD BOY HAS DIED.
HIS PARENTS ARE HOSPITALIZED
WITH SEVERE BURNS.
KING5'S TONY BLACK IS JOINING
US LIVE OUTSIDE OF HARBOR VIEW
MEDICAL CENTER.
MEDICAL CENTER. THE PARENTS WERE TRANSPORTED
THERE, CORRECT, TONY?
>> YES, JOYCE, THEY WERE.
THEY WERE TRANSPORTED HERE,
THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED
AT LAST CHECK FOR THIRD DEGREE
BURNS.
BURNS.
BURNS. AND AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED,
THEIR ONE CHILD DID NOT SURVIVE
THE FIRE.
THE FIRE.
THE FIRE. SO THIS HAPPENED, THE FAMILY
BEING IDENTIFIED BY THE WAY AS
JACOB AND JAMIE HIGHLAND WHO
HAVE TIES TO THE RENTON AREA.
THE OKANOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE CONFIRMED THEIR NAMES
AND IT ALSO SAYS THE FAMILY WAS
FOUND ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
THE FAMILY WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE
THAT COLD SPRINGS FIRE.
THAT FIRE HAS DONE SOME
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ALL READY.
MORE THAN 160,000-ACRES HAVE
BURNED THUS FAR.
AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. THERE'S A GOFUNDME THAT STATES
THAT THE FAMILY OWNED PROPERTY
IN THE OKANOGAN AREA AND THERE
WAS LITTLE TO NO SIGNAL TO SEE
ALERT ABOUT THE FIRE.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID THEY
WERE ALERTED TO THE FAMILY
BEING MISSING.
BEING MISSING. DEPUTIES FOUND THE CAR WRECKED
AND BURNED BUT NO ONE INSIDE.
THE FAMILY WAS FOUND SHORTLY
BEFORE 9:30:00 A.M.
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. THE PARENTS WERE TAKEN TO A
NEARBY HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING
FLOWN HERE TO HARBOR VIEW, THE
ONLY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA AND BURN
CENTER IN THE REGION.
WE'LL TRY TO GET MORE UPDATES
ABOUT THE FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE
REST OF THE EVENING HERE AND
TRY TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO YOU
ON THE LATER NEWS CAST.
I'M TONY BLACK, KING5 NEWS.
>>> THANK YOU, TONY, WASHINGTON
STATE LANDS COMMISSIONER,
HILLARY FRANCE RELEASED A
STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON SAYING
IN PART, MY HEART BREAKS FOR
THE FAMILY OF THE CHILD WHO
PERISHED IN THE COLD SPRINGS
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. I
FIRE. I AM DEVASTATED.
THE DNR FAMILY IS DEVASTATED.
THE PAIN THAT THAT FAMILY IS
GOING THROUGH IS UNFATHOMABLE.
A
A LIVE
A LIVE LOOK FROM SKY KING. THIS TIME YESTERDAY THAT FIRE
WAS RAGING OUT OF CONTROL.
BUT FIREFIGHTERS ARE SLOWLY
MAKING PROGRESS.
MAKING PROGRESS. THE SUMNER GRADE FIRE HAS
DESTROYED AT LEAST FOUR HOMES.
KING5'S DREW MICKELSON JOINS US
LIVE WITH THE LATEST.
DREW, THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE
AREA WE UNDERSTAND TODAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, LATE THIS
AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNOR DID GO
THROUGH SOME OF THE AREAS
BURNED BEHIND US HERE IN BONNIE
LAKE.
LAKE.
LAKE. HE
LAKE. HE SAYS THE FIRE'S BURNING HERE
IN PIERCE COUNTY AND ACROSS THE
STATE ARE SOME OF THE MOST
CATASTROPHIC IN STATE HISTORY.
THE WINS LIGHTENED UP THIS
AFTERNOON MAKING A LITTLE
EASIER.
EASIER.
EASIER. BUT FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN SUMNER
AND ON THE RIDGE BEHIND US ARE
STILL WORKING AND HOMEOWNERS
HERE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND
A THIRD NIGHT PRAYING THEIR
HOMES SURVIVE.
HOMES SURVIVE. VERY HECTIC.
VERY HECTIC. VERY SCARY.
VERY SCARY. AND VERY -- WONDERING WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
>> ROD WILKINSON CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS IS BONNIE LAKE, HIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S A BIG FUNNEL OVER HERE
WITH SOME TREES.
IF THE WIND CATCHES JUST RIGHT,
IT COULD COME UP AND COME OVER
INTO THE CHURCH PROPERTY HERE.
>> I TOLD MY WIFE I THINK OUR
HOUSE IS GONE.
>> THE NEIGHBORS FEARED THE
WORST WHEN THEY RETURNED TO
THEIR HOME THIS MORNING.
BUT IT WAS UNTOUCHED.
THANKS TO FIREFIGHTERS HAVING
ACCESS TO THE WATER IN THEIR
SWIMMING POOL.
SWIMMING POOL. >> WE JUST GOT BACK FROM THERE
AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
BURNT ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.
BUT THANK GOD FOR THOSE FIREMEN
THOUGH.
THOUGH.
THOUGH. AND THE HELICOPTER PILOTS.
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. >> GOVERNOR JAY INSLEY CALLED
THE FIRES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON
THIS WEEK CATASTROPHIC.
HE TOURED SOME OF THE DAMAGE
THIS AFTERNOON IN SUMNER AND
BONNIE LAKE WHERE FOUR HOMES IN
ALL WERE DESTROYED.
INSLEY IS URGING RESIDENTS TO
BE CAREFUL WITH OPEN FLAMES
FROM BARBECUES TO SPARKS FROM
CHAINSAWS.
CHAINSAWS. >> THE GRASS IS SO DRY.
THE TEMPERATURE IS SO HOT.
THE WINDS ARE SO HEAVY.
>> A BLOWN TRANSFORMER IS THE
LIKELY CAUSE OF THE SUMNER
GRADE FIRE WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT
20% CONTAINED.
20% CONTAINED. WE'RE NOT OUT OF THIS YET.
ROD GOT HOLT RODS OUT OF HIS
HOME INTO A NEARBY GROCERY
STORE PARKING LOT WHERE HE
SPENT THE NIGHT SLEEPING ON A
LAWN CHAIR TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THEY'RE SAFELY IN STORAGE NOW
TO FOCUS ON HIS HOME.
IT WAS REAL CALM THIS MORNING.
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
NOW WITH THE WIND KICKING BACK
UP AGAIN, THEY JUST DROPPED
ANOTHER ONE AGAIN, IT'S GETTING
CLOSE TO THE ROAD HERE AND MORE
HOUSES FOR SURE.
.
. >>
. >> THIS
. >> THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT SKY
KING UP OVER THE BONNIE LAKE
AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED AND
THE HOMES AS WELL.
MUCH LESS ACTION THIS AFTERNOON
THANKFULLY.
THANKFULLY. AND THANKS TO THE FACT THAT WE
DO NOT SEE THE HIGH WINDS THAT
WE WERE SEEING ALL DAY
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THE HOMEOWNERS UP IN THE RIDGE
ARE GOING TO BE WORRIED
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL.
ROD WILKINSON SAID THEY'VE BEEN
HANDING OUT ENERGY DRINKS,
OFFERING COFFEE TO THE
FIREFIGHTERS.
FIREFIGHTERS. THEY HAD BEEN UP THERE WORKING
26 HOURS IN A ROW IN HIS
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD. HE SAID NEIGHBORS WERE ALSO
OPENING UP THEIR SHOWERS AND
RESTROOMS TO THE CREWS JUST IN
CASE THEY NEEDED TO TAKE A
BREAK.
BREAK.
BREAK. LIVE IN SUMNER, DREW MICKELSON,
KING5 NEWS.
.
. >>>
. >>> ALL
. >>> ALL RIGHT, DREW.
WE'LL KEEP FOLLOWING THAT.
SO THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
THAT AREA HAVE CANCELED CLASSES
TODAY BECAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES.
SUMNER, BONNIE LAKE, DARINGER
AND ORNING.
AND ORNING. AUTHORITIES LIFTED THE
EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE
RESIDENTS OF MIMA.
A ROAD AREA OF -- THE MIMA ROAD
AREA OF THURSTON COUNTY.
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE GAINED THE
UPPER HAND ON THE FIRE THAT
DESTROYED TWO HOMES AND TWO OUT
BUILDINGS, THE FIRE CHARRED
ABOUT 290-ACRES AS WE'VE TOLD
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. IT
YOU. IT STARTED WHEN THE TRANSFORMER
BLEW AND THE WINDS QUICKLY
SPREAD THOSE FLAMES.
WITH ALL OF THE SMOKE FROM THE
FIRES WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE AIR QUALITY IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. SO CRAIG HERRERA IS LOOKING AT
THAT SITUATION, IT'S IMPROVED
IT LOOKS LINE SINCE YESTERDAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> YEAH, THANKFULLY IT HAS.
THE WINDS AREN'T QUITE AS
STRONG.
STRONG.
STRONG. BUT WE'RE SEEING MODERATE AIR
OUT THERE WITH THE HAZE STILL
IN PLACE, JOYCE.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY
TOMORROW, WE HAVE AN EASTERLY
COMPONENT.
COMPONENT. AS YOU MENTION, NOT AS STRONG
BUT STILL IN PLACE, LET ME GET
YOU GOING WITH THE CURRENT AIR
QUALITY NOW.
QUALITY NOW. THE YELLOW DOTS THAT YOU SEE
ARE GOING TO INDICATE MODERATE
AIR QUALITY.
AIR QUALITY. THE ORANGE IS MORE OF AN
UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS
THE RED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON,
UNHEALTHY.
UNHEALTHY. WE CONTINUE WITH THE AIR
QUALITY ALERT.
QUALITY ALERT. IT WAS EXTENDED AS WE EXPECTED
THROUGH 11:00 A.M.
TOMORROW FOR A GOOD PORTION OF
WESTERN WASHINGTON.
WESTERN WASHINGTON. LOOK AT THE AIR QUALITY
FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, A LOT OF
ORANGE ON THERE.
UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS,
THE AIR CONSIDERED UNHEALTHFUL
AGAIN, TOMORROW AS THE EASTERLY
WINDS ARE STILL WITH US.
NOT AS STRONG BUT ENOUGH TO
CARRY THE HAZE OVER OUR
DIRECTION, KEEPING THE HAZE
WITH US, WE HAVE RED FLAG
WARNINGS THAT CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY AT 11:00 P.M.
WITH EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15
MILES PER HOUR.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINING AT
10 TO 20%.
TOMORROW WILL BE THE WARMEST
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE'LL HAVE UPPER 80s.
AND LOW 90s.
THEN THE RAIN IS IN THE SEVEN-
DAY FORECAST.
DAY FORECAST. I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS IN A
BIT.
BIT.
BIT. >>>
BIT. >>> THANK YOU, CRAIG, THE LACK
OF ELECTRICITY MESSED WITH A
LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
AND NOT JUST THOSE IN THE FIRE
SOWN.
SOWN.
SOWN. KING5'S GLEN FARLEY IS LIVE IN
ORNING TONIGHT.
ORNING TONIGHT. ARE THINGS GETTING ANY BETTER?
>> THEY'RE A LOT BETTER.
THEY NOW HAVE THE JUICE BACK ON
HERE AFTER LOSING IT FOR ALL OR
PART OF THREE DAYS.
THIS TOWN IN THE SHADOW OF
MOUNT RAINIER IS TRYING TO MOVE
THROUGH THE SMOKE AND GET BACK
TO NORMAL.
TO NORMAL. ONE SIGN THE POWER IS OUT, STOP
SIGNS SET UP IN THE STREETS
BELOW WHERE THE STOPLIGHTS ARE
DARK.
DARK.
DARK. THE
DARK. THE HEADQUARTERS FOR NEEDED
SUPPLIES, BIG JAY'S OUTDOOR
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. >>
STORE. >> IT WAS OUR DAD'S.
>> TAMMY ARNETT AND HER BROTHER
OWN IT NOW.
NEED A FLASHLIGHT?
THEY'VE GOT IT.
>> PEOPLE ARE COMING IN LARGELY
FOR --
FOR --
FOR -- >>
FOR -- >> FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.
CAMP STOVE.
CAMP STOVE. WE'VE DONE CAMP STOVES AND
STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> IT WENT OUT ABOUT OH, 5:30
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ON MONDAY.
ON MONDAY. >> RESIDENT PAULA KEPLER, IT'S
BEEN A COUPLE DAYS, BUT HER
BIGGEST CONCERN IS FOR OTHERS.
>> WE HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS UP
ON BONNIE HILL.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT SIX MILES AWAY
FROM US.
FROM US.
FROM US. AND WE REALLY WORRY ABOUT THEM.
>> A GENERATOR IS TO KEEP SOME
OF THE LIGHTS ON INSIDE THE
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. IT'S ABOUT STAYING OPEN FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND STAYING IN
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. THE CASH REGISTER SITS LIGHTS
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> WE ARE OLD SCHOOL, WRITING
IT DOWN AND EVERYTHING.
BUT OUR CREDIT CARD MACHINES
ARE WORKING.
ARE WORKING. >> PARENTS, INCLUDING SARA,
TAKE ADD ADVANTAGE OF THE
PLAYGROUND ACROSS THE STREET.
>> BUT YOU NEVER HAD A CHANCE
TO START.
TO START.
TO START. >> NOT YET.
WE MET THE TEACHERS AND THAT
WAS IT.
WAS IT.
WAS IT. >> NOW, PUGET SOUND ENERGY
SERVES THIS AREA.
THEY SAY THE WIND BROUGHT TREES
AND BRANCHES DOWN ON THE MAIN
FEEDER LINES THAT COME INTO
ORNING.
ORNING.
ORNING. THAT'S WHY THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
COMPLETELY LIKE THEY I THEY
DID.
DID.
DID. MOST
DID. MOST COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE
BACK ON.
BACK ON.
BACK ON. THEY SAY THERE ARE ABOUT 6,000
CUSTOMERS IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. STILL WITHOUT POWER.
MOST OF THOSE PSE SAYS INVOLVE
AREAS AROUND GREEN WATER,
SUMNER, THAT ARE EFFECTED BY
THE FIRE AND WHERE THEY DON'T
HAVE ACCESS TO GET THEIR LINE
CREWS BACK IN THERE AND START
LOOKING PEOPLE BACK UP.
LIVE IN ORNING, GLEN FARLEY,
KING5 NEWS.
KING5 NEWS. >>> GLEN, THANK YOU, LET'S
CHECK IN WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO
THE SOUTHED.
THE SOUTHED. HERE'S WHAT'S LEFT AFTER A FAST
MOVING FIRE TORE THROUGH A
NEIGHBORHOOD IN MEDFORD,
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. AS THE FIRE MOVED IN, REGINA
HILL STARTED PRAYING WATER ON
TREES AROUND HER HOME AND HER
NEIGHBOR'S AS WELL.
BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO SAVE
HER HOME.
HER HOME.
HER HOME. >> SHERIFFS COMING THROUGH,
GOING, LEVEL THREE, GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT. AND YEAH.
AND YEAH.
AND YEAH. GRABBED SOME PAPERS.
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE.
>> WHAT YOU'RE WEARING NOW.
>> THIS IS WHAT I HAVE.
THIS IS WHAT I'VE GOT.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
>> WHAT A TOUGH TIME FOR THEM.
THE ALAMEDA FIRE IN MEDFORD HAS
DAMAGED DOZENS OF STRUCTURES.
TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING THE FIRE
AT THE PUYALLUP KING COUNTY FUN
CENTER DEVELOPED INSIDE THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED IT
STARTED SOMEWHERE INSIDE