Boeing offers $700,000 to help wildfire victims in Oregon, Washington and California

Boeing on Friday awarded $700,000 in grants to communities in Washington, Oregon and California to help those areas through a humanitarian crises caused by wildfires. "Thousands of our families, friends and neighbors have been displaced around the West. We are committed to helping them through this exceptionally challenging time," Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stan Deal, said in a news release. It was a rare public statement by Deal, a private but respected executive who hasn't…