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Fires included the Nakia Creek Fire in Southwest Washington and one on private timberland near Loch Katrine in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness 30 miles east of Seattle. [18] [19] Flames from the Loch Katrine fire could be seen from Seattle. [20] On October 18 and 19, due to wildfire smoke, Seattle had the worst air quality of any major city in the ...
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]
DNR helicopter dipping from Wenas Lake: Cougar Creek Fire [6] [7] Asotin & Garfield July 15, unknown 20,699 acres (8,377 ha) 4 destroyed 5 damaged 0 0 7-24-24 map of fire perimeter: Pioneer Fire [8] Chelan June 8, human caused 36,763 acres (14,877 ha) 0 0 0 Stehekin ordered to evacuate on July 28 7-24-24 map of fire perimeter: Retreat Fire [9 ...
The state had more than 630 wildfires by the first week of July, on par with the state's record 2015 wildfire season. [3] Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported the end of the fire season by October 12, [4] and the DNR and the Northwest Interargency Fire Center reported zero fires in the state on October 14. [5]
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] On October 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced the end of the 2024 fire season. [3]
The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, which coordinates wildfire and high-risk incidents for 11 agencies within Oregon and Washington, tweeted new photos of the Whatcom County fires ...
The highway was closed again due to the fire's growth as well as the formation of the Blue Lake Fire. [19] Smoke from this fire and other fires in inland Washington and British Columbia was pushed towards Western Washington and rapid convective mixing caused unhealthy air quality in Seattle on August 20–21. [20] [21]
The Mountain fire has wrought devastation on Camarillo Heights in Ventura County, destroying 132 structures and damaging 88 more as of Friday morning.. New satellite images show a before-and-after ...