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The Latest: Burns cover firefighter injured in Washington

The sun rises in smokey air over a burnt-out ridge along Twisp River Road in Twisp, Wash. Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, the day after three firefighters were killed fighting a wildfire near the town.  Firefighters on several fronts are fighting against raging wildfires advancing on towns in the north-central part of the state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The sun rises in smokey air over a burnt-out ridge along Twisp River Road in Twisp, Wash. Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, the day after three firefighters were killed fighting a wildfire near the town. Firefighters on several fronts are fighting against raging wildfires advancing on towns in the north-central part of the state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

CHELAN, Wash. (AP) – The latest on wildfires in Washington state that killed three firefighters (all times local):

9:50 a.m.

A firefighter critically injured battling blazes in Washington state has burns over about 60 percent of his body.

Officials at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle said Thursday he is a 25-year-old man from Puyallup.

Three firefighters were killed Wednesday and three others injured as crews fought raging wildfires advancing on towns in the north-central part of the state, some of the many blazes burning uncontrolled throughout the arid West.