Fire

Authorities are warning that much of the U.S. Southwest will see critical fire conditions this weekend.

Springfield police say the bodies of two people were found during an investigation into a large commercial fire on the city's Main Street.

A man was killed in a fiery explosion at a commercial building in southwestern Washington, according to the Clark County Fire Marshal’s Office.

Two weeks after a fire damaged a plant that produced chips and salty snacks in Northeast Oregon the company says it will lay off all of the site’s employees.

A boiler explosion at a potato chip plant south of Hermiston, Oregon, sparked a dramatic fire.

After a fire destroyed the Weil Arcade, and eight businesses were displaced, Hillsboro rallied to support its downtown business owners.

After half a dozen fires in the last decade, a problem Portland building just burned to the ground.

The July 4 blaze killed two people and destroyed two apartment buildings. A third person is in critical, but stable, condition.

Downed power lines caused temporary closures on Interstate 84, and more closures are planned Wednesday evening.

The National Weather Service says dry and windy conditions, combined with unseasonably warm temperatures, are elevating fire danger Friday into the weekend.