Thirtymile saga ends with slap on wrist for Daniels After more than seven years, a federal judge in Spokane on Wednesday seemingly closed the book on the fatal Thirtymile forest fire, sentencing incident commander Ellreese Daniels to work release and probation. Daniels was the only person formally charged after the July 2001 fire near Winthrop, which claimed the lives of Tom Craven of Ellensburg, and Yakima's Karen FitzPatrick, Jessica Johnson and Devin Weaver. In terms of punishment for culpability, he got off with a slap on the wrist -- 90 days of work release, three years of probation and a $1,000 fine....