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The Washington Department of Natural Resources ordered the ban across 16 counties. Campfires will still be allowed in designated campgrounds but are otherwise banned on DNR lands in its southeast ...
Washington's 18th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district is located within Clark County , bordering the 20th district in the north, the 14th district in the east, and the 49th and 17th districts in the southwest.
The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). [2]
Battle Ground is located about 11 miles (18 km) north northeast of Vancouver, 32 miles (51 km) south southwest of Mount St. Helens. It is near the geographical center of Clark County. [15] Battle Ground is 25.5 miles (41.0 km) from Portland, Oregon, and 161 miles (259 km) from Seattle.
Four hundred firefighters from 36 fire districts and 18 agencies trained to fight forest fires in the Cascade Mountains above Yakima in May. [5] A 20-year Washington Wildland Fire Protection Strategic Plan under development during the first half of the year was to be released by the Department of Natural Resources to the public in July, 2018. [6]
Under the ban, which was issued in two parts with 14 counties covered Sunday night and 16 more added Wednesday: All open burning is prohibited. All burn permits previously issued are canceled.
Officials placed bans on Massachusetts as it faced over 100 brush fires in the last week and an enhanced brushfire risk.. Over 120 brush fires have burned around 450 acres in the state in the last ...
In early August, the Washington Military Department set up Starlink satellite ground stations for data connectivity in areas where terrestrial communications were lost due to the fires. The systems were engineered and manufactured by SpaceX in Redmond, Washington. It was "the first early application of the company's service to be disclosed". [28]