Wildfires force evacuations in north-western US

A rapidly-spreading US wildfire forced the evacuation of nearly 200 homes in Montana, while nursing home residents in Washington state were evacuated because of smoke from a nearby blaze.

Wildfires force evacuations in north-western US
Wed, 23 Aug, 2006 - 09:13

A rapidly-spreading US wildfire forced the evacuation of nearly 200 homes in Montana, while nursing home residents in Washington state were evacuated because of smoke from a nearby blaze.

Firefighters also faced new fires in Oregon and Idaho.

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