Scorched Earth, Fractured Lives: The Human Toll of Washington's Wildfires The wildfires that ravaged eastern Washington state over the weekend have left a landscape of desolation and despair in their wake.
Residents returning to find their homes reduced to smoldering ash are faced with an existential question: is it worth rebuilding? For Miriam Sim, 76, the answer seems clear.
"It's like a war zone," she said, surveying the ruins of her family home. "There's nothing to save.