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Water-dropping aircraft are a key part of efforts to fight wildfires. And with the 2025 season especially fiery, these pilots ...
Officials said no one was hurt after a crash involving a fire truck in Columbia on Tuesday.
Umatilla, OR A 20-year-old man died while swimming with friends in the Columbia River near the Oregon-Washington border. Luis Adrian Oropeza Perez was with friends Sunday at Warehouse Beach when ...
The Columbia Fire Department was dispatched to a fall injury in the 300 block of Parkwood Court Wednesday morning.
A small brush fire and power outage in British Columbia started on Wednesday not with lightning or a careless camper, but with an airborne fish, according to fire officials.
LYLE, Wash. — The owners of several wineries near Lyle, Washington are still assessing the damage from the explosive Burdoin Fire in the Columbia River Gorge.
LYLE, Wash. — The owners of several wineries near Lyle, Washington are still assessing the damage from the explosive Burdoin Fire in the Columbia River Gorge. More than a week after the fire ...
Highway 14 has been fully reopened, as the Burdoin Fire is now over 50% contained, according to fire officials.
Baro Wine lost its four winery buildings. Syncline Winery expects a total loss of its grapes to smoke taint and Cor Cellars lost its pump house.
Columbia Fire Station 5 receives the highest call volume in the city. Its 54-year-old foundation also is sinking, meaning replacement is needed.
A state appellate court ordered a new fire district election in Toms River, saying late write-in ballots should not have been counted to break a tie.
Firefighters who joined the mission to rescue residents during a deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility shared their story with 5 Investigates.