Tourist Town Saved From 6,500-Acre Blaze

Firefighters worked all night to protect a Washington state tourist mecca from a forest fire that was one of 34 major blazes raging in the West.

The Icicle fire, which had advanced to within three miles of Leavenworth, Wash., in the Cascade Range, was surrounded by a 20-member crew who sharply reduced the threat to about 200 homes.

That fire crackled across 6,500 acres and was part of nearly 400,000 burning acres in nine states, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, said.

Eleven new fires were reported, including one in Yosemite National Park in California. It broke out 10 miles southeast of Yosemite Village and was burning about 850 acres.