Calmer weather helps crews tamp down Western wildfires

Source: AP

Fire crews were stepping up their attack Monday against wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds to flee in Western states.

Calmer weather on Sunday helped firefighters tighten their grip on the blazes, but dry, hot weather is expected in the days ahead.

A look at conditions:

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WASHINGTON

More crews, including some from the Washington National Guard, are being mobilized in the battle Monday with several large fires threatening homes in the Chelan area in central Washington.

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Lorne Brunson stands on a hill overlooking remains of his homestead on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, which was lost to a wildfire Saturday near Coyote Canyon in Fruitland, Wash. Firefighters across the Pacific Northwest are working to protect property from fast-moving wildfires that destroyed multiple homes in eastern Oregon, cut off power in Washington and forced thousands of evacuations throughout the region. (Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review, via AP) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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