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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]
Due to the severity of the drought and vegetation going dormant early, Washington County's burn ban has the potential to last until the spring. No end in sight for Washington County burn ban Skip ...
The 2023 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2023 in the US state of Washington. Conditions going into the season were low-risk for fire, with higher than average precipitation over the prior winter and spring. [1] Some experts anticipated a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects. [2]
Sep. 20—The Washington Department of Natural Resources lifted a statewide burn ban, Monday. The decision follows the reopening of DNR lands east of the Cascades last week and was announced in an ...
The county’s fire marshal and the Pierce County Fire Chiefs’ Association called for the ban due to “current and predicted dry weather conditions,” according to a news release. The ban ...
On August 19, Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency for all of Washington, with fires burning on the Olympic Peninsula and in Eastern Washington. Among the active fires was the 24,000-acre (9,700 ha) Taylor Pond Fire near Yakima. [18] By August 20, the Palmer Fire near Oroville – which started August 18 – had reached 13,000 ...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities.
Smoke, primarily from wildfires burning in Canada, as well as from the Oregon Fire and two other fires in Spokane County caused Spokane, Washington to have the worst air quality in the United States for two days, on August 19 and 20. Air quality index levels reached a peak level of 511 in Spokane in the morning of August 20.