1,000 Flee As Wildfire Consumes Washington Homes, Businesses

A wildfire fueled by high temperatures and strong winds roared into a Wenatchee-area neighborhood and commercial district, forcing more than a thousand people to flee, destroying up to 28 homes and incinerating four commercial buildings, authorities said early Monday. The 3,000-acre blaze sparked Sunday afternoon was destroying everything in its path and was still burning out of control the next morning, said Rich Magnussen, a spokesman for the Chelan County Emergency Management office. "We’ve got hundreds of homes under evacuation notices," he said.