 Sources quoted by "The Washington Post", "USA Today", and the "Chicago Tribune" later stated that comments attributed to them were fabricated, and one source commented that a September 8, 1988 report by the "Chicago Tribune" had more errors than facts.On the same day, "The Washington Post" associated the smoke and presence of military vehicles and helicopters overhead with the 1968 events in Da Nang, Vietnam, giving the impression of catastrophe.The fires had been very active in late July.