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Frankton Fire:
Reader's Eye Views

August 8, 2007


Photo by Henry Schifter

Henry Schifter, above, and Dan Armstrong, below, both took photos of the first moments after the fire broke out, in Armstrong’s backyard on West Prospect.


Photo by Dan Armstrong


Photo by Dan Armstrong

Above, Armstrong’s image of a West Side crew hosing down the fire from an unnamed road, just north of Prospect, off Frankton.


Photo by Robert Bach, Appleton, Wash.

Robert Bach happened to be in Hood River, when he saw the plume of smoke and went to the scene. He recorded the images, above and below, of the dark wall of smoke faced by firefighters and residents.


Photo by Robert Bach


Photo by Carol Estey, Underwood, Wash.
Carol Estey took this photo from across the Columbia River of flames at the top of trees. Homes visible at right are the Bungalows at Fox Hollow, which were threatened by the fire but undamaged.