Fire resources stretched thin

Five uncontained large fires in Washington, along with numerous smaller fires, mean firefighting resources are now stretched thin across the state, according to wildfire experts at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

Wildfires currently raging in Oregon, California, Idaho and Montana have pulled firefighters and air resources to those states, where the biggest fires are commanding national attention.

That concerns firefighters here in Washington, as the number of human-caused fires continues to rise through a record-breaking summer of drought and high temperatures. To reduce...