In addition, he researched when the weather would be best for igniting it. The man, Aaron Farinacci, said “fire is powerful, beautiful, and that things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth,” Spokane County Detective Michael Drapeau wrote in a court filing Wednesday.

The man charged with setting one of the three destructive blazes in eastern Washington this month told detectives he had started two dozen fires in the last year, an affidavit said.

Spokane wildfires have forced evacuations and a statewide emergency has been declared in Washington.

Firefighters have made progress containing all three of the devastating wildfires near Spokane, Wash., but the blazes, which have collectively destroyed hundreds of homes and forc

The American West is battling a persistent wildfire season, with the Pacific Northwest bearing the brunt as dozens of massive blazes rage in Oregon and Washington, forcing residents from their homes and shutting down major roadways.

Three wildfires in eastern Washington state have burned thousands of acres, putting 65,000 people under evacuation orders.

Authorities say about 5,000 homes have been evacuated and about 600 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that remained uncontained Sunday in eastern Washington state.

The devastating fires in Spokane have resurrected talks about a wildfire victims fund in Washington state. Legislation that would have created such a fund did not advance during

A man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it,

The man accused of intentionally starting one of Washington’s most destructive wildfires is expected to enter his plea in court.