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South Okanagan Photos

Oroville – plane crash kills one – forest fire

oroville firePicture from downtown Othello from Melanie Thompson

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. –
Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers says fire personnel are responding to several reported fires in the Oroville area off of Chesaw Road.

Rogers said at one of the fires on Rise Road off of Chesaw, Deputies have confirmed the wreckage of an aircraft with at least one person confirmed dead at the scene.

Rogers says he has several units in the area attempting to determine what happened.