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Hurricane-force winds kick up Pacific Northwest wildfires

| September 8, 2020 4:27 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hurricane-force winds and high temperatures kicked up wildfires across parts of the Pacific Northwest over the Labor Day weekend, burning hundreds of thousands of acres and mostly destroying the small town of Malden in eastern Washington.

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