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An explosion at an Oregon retirement home has killed one resident and wounded several others. The authorities are still investigating the cause of the explosion.

ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — One person was killed and several were hurt in an explosion early Wednesday at a retirement home north of Portland in St. Helens, Oregon. Emergency crews were called just after midnight to the Columbia Hills Retirement Center complex, where six of the 31 units were on fire, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported .

One person was killed and several were hurt in an explosion at a retirement home in St. Helens, Oregon.

A police officer and a firefighter were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injures and have been released, Columbia River Fire & Rescue said.

The wildfire smoke that filled the sky over Columbia County over the past weekend is slowly diminishing as the winds shift and rain moves in from the Pacific Ocean.

Both the El Dorado Community Foundation and the Placer Community Foundation have created Mosquito Fire Relief funds for those impacted by the fire currently burning in both counties. Each fund is collecting financial donations to aid those in need due to evacuation expenses, job impacts, and loss of homes.

Both the El Dorado Community Foundation and the Placer Community Foundation have created Mosquito Fire Relief funds for those impacted by the fire currently burning in both counties. Each fund is collecting financial donations to aid those in need due to evacuation expenses, job impacts, and loss of homes.

The new 100+ acre Minnow Ridge Fire is burning in steep, inaccessible terrain north of Plain, and was very active over the weekend.

While campfire bans are in place in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest to prevent fires there's nothing stopping nature from starting fires.

Crews attacked a brush fire burning near Highway 101 in Cloverdale Sunday afternoon.