Latest: Hospital officials said of those injured at least two were in a critical condition and 11 others were seriously injured.

A fifth person has died following a shooting at a US shopping mall 60 miles north of Seattle.

US police are hunting for a gunman after four people were shot dead in a crowded shopping mall about 60 miles north of Seattle.

Ten people have been killed in a fiery crash involving a school bus in northern California.

The major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a bridge collapsed, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river, police said. All three people who were on the span were rescued and taken to hospitals.

The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into a river.

Strong winds are spreading multiple wildfires across parched parts of California as officials worry the gusts could ignite more blazes and force more evacuations in areas already under a state of emergency.

A wildfire tore through Los Angeles’ northern foothills early today sending thousands of residents fleeing in the dark, forcing a hospital to evacuate and destroying an untold number of homes.

A DRUG offender with mental health problems who was recently released from jail has killed six people in a shooting spree, including a policewoman.

A man shot dead a sheriff’s deputy in Washington state, then led officers on a car chase in which he killed five other people before turning himself in, police said today.

A 15-truck pile-up on a rain-slicked southern California freeway left 10 people injured, at least one missing and severed a key transit link between Los Angeles and San Francisco, authorities said.

FIREFIGHTERS struggled yesterday to prevent a fire that has charred nearly 39 square miles of brushland from crossing Interstate 5, which would force authorities to again shut down traffic on one of California’s busiest freeways.

A passenger slashed a Greyhound driver’s throat as he drove through California last night, causing the vehicle to roll into a field.