Seattle and Portland briefly ranked within the top 10 cities in the world with the worst air quality the morning of Aug. 6.

“Hundreds of people have completely lost their homes and farms, and many are prohibited from returning to their homes or neighborhoods as crews continue to extinguish smoldering embers,” the state’s entire congressional delegation wrote Monday in asking President Donald Trump to approve an expedited emergency declaration.

Hundreds of firefighters have been working for days to contain wildfires near Spokane, Washington. The man accused of starting one of those fires is set to be arraigned in court today. NBC News national correspondent Morgan Chesky shares the stories of residents who have lost everything in the fires and explains why they have been so hard to put out.

Aircraft violating restrictions have disrupted firefighting efforts in Spokane County, Wash., this week, officials said.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — As wildfires continue blaze on the west coast, Californians are stepping up to help those impacted — including volunteers from Kern County. American Red Cross on Thursday said that dozens of volunteers from multiple California Red Cross chapters are deploying to Washington and Oregon to help the communities effected,

The catastrophic fires have potential to do long-term damage to many wild animal populations, but a toad species could be the most affected.

Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spokane.

Human actions including arson and accidents ignite nine out of 10 wildfires in France, but a social media narrative that cites the statistic to downplay the effects of climate change is misleading.

The air quality in western Oregon was forecast to clear up in the evening of Aug. 6 as multiple wildfires continue to burn across the state.