Photos: Washington wildfires

Smoke from a wildfire rises above the North Cascade Mountains in Washington. Firefighters on several fronts are fighting wildfires that are advancing on towns in the north-central part of the state.

(Bettina Hansen / Associated Press)

Aug. 20, 2015 7:21 AM PT

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Jackson Hotshots’ firefighters from Jackson, Miss., show respect as a motorcade carrying the bodies of firefighters killed while fighting a wildfire drive past in Twisp, Wash.

(Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Volunteers practice deploying fire shelters in Omak, Wash., after a call out by fire officials seeking to supplement exhausted resources.

(Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

A firefighting helicopter begins to pull up after filling up with water from Lake Chelan in Chelan, Wash.

(Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Dave Riel, left, of Chelan, surveys parts of the western shoreline of Lake Chelan, Wash., damaged in the First Creek wildfire. Riel’s classic rock band Loose Change played in Chelan on Friday night and donated all proceeds to the area’s ongoing wildfire fighting efforts.

(Ian Terry / Associated Press)

Firefighters get ready in Twisp, Wash. Authorities warned that more high winds could make conditions even more challenging.

(Joshua Trujillo / Associated Press)

A crew leader, center left, talks to his firefighters about their plans to attack a fire burning nearby in Twisp, Wash.

(Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody, left, surveys the scene from a bridge as the water below her runs red from fire retardant.

(Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

A wildfire burns behind a home on Twisp River Road in Twisp, Wash.

(Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)

Firefighters and Washington National Guard soldiers work to extinguish hot spots on a hillside as they fight the First Creek Fire near Chelan, Wash.

(Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)

Fire burns on the ridge above a ranch on Twisp River Road in Twisp, Wash., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)

As flames rage on the ridge line above, firefighters wet down brush and other fuel above a home on Twisp River Road just after midnight on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Twisp, Wash. (Ted S. Warren / AP)

An air tanker drops red fire retardant on a wildfire near Twisp, Wash., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)

A fire-retardant airplane passes in front of the sun, which glows orange after being covered by hazy smoke, as a wildfire burns near Twisp, Wash., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015.

(Ted S. Warren / AP)