Barb Otte of West Richland holds a neighbor’s horse as she watches a line of flames head across Red Mountain in West Richland, Wash., late Monday afternoon Aug. 13, 2012. Several of Kelly Arthur-Moore’s neighbors rushed to help her pull three horses and other pets out of harms way. “That’s just what neighbors do,” Otte said. Firefighters from several Mid-Columbia agencies attacked the blaze that burned a large portion of the north side of Red Mountain. AP photo
Neighbors race up a hillside to help another as they try to hold back flames from nearby houses Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Bettas Road near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. AP photo
In a Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 photo, a CalFire firefighter lays a hose line amid scorched brush and Joshua trees as crews worked to contain the Quail Fire near Keys View Road in the in Joshua Tree National Park. Firefighters hope to have the blaze, which is in hard to reach rocky terrain, 90% contained by late Tuesday. AP photo
Flames from the Taylor Bridge Fire climb the side of Lookout Mountain east of Cle Elum, Wash., Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. AP photo
A firefighting helicopter, operated by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, works to supress flames from the Taylor Bridge Fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. AP photo
Neighbors use handtools to try to hold back flames from nearby houses Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Bettas Road near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. AP photo
Cattle rancher Bryan Brodin looks at the 419 acres that scorched the foothills north of Cartwright Road near Hidden Springs, Idaho relieved that most of his cattle were higher up in the hills before fire crews contained the blaze Monday Aug. 13, 2012. The Ourada Ranch Fire threatened several homes and ranch properties but firefighters and local farmers prevented the fire's spread with plows, fire lines and an air attack dropping water on hot spots. Photo by Darin Oswald,The Idaho Statesman/AP
Rita Torre, 47, sits on the side of the road with her dog Puma after driving over a burning log evacuating her home and the Wye fire near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., Monday Aug. 13, 2012. Torre left her home on Spring Valley Rd. Sunday night. The Wye fire had burned about 3,000 acres and was considered to be 25 percent contained Monday. Wildfires burn across the West, threatening hundreds of homes in California and killing a firefighter in Idaho. AP photo
A homeowner tries to hold back flames from his house with a shovel Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. AP photo
A helicopter drops water taken from the adjacent Yakima River onto a wildfire Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, on Highway 10 near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. AP photo
John Shea leans into a gate, exhausted, as a forest fire consumes the grounds around a friend's ranch Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, near Cle Elum, Wash. Shea heard the news, knew his friend was at work, and rushed over to his home to rescue livestock. Photo by Jordan Stead, The Seattle Times/AP
Neighbors try to hold back flames from a house at left, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, near Cle Elum, Wash. Moments later, a sudden wind sent the flames racing toward the volunteers and about a dozen people safely scrambled out of the way. The house was saved when a water truck was able to quickly save the home. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes across nearly 40 square miles of central Washington grassland, timber and sagebrush. No injuries have been reported but more than 400 people have been forced to flee. AP photo
