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It prompted the evacuation of Medical Lake and parts of Cheney and shut down portions of Interstate 90 and State Route 902. [22] One death was determined to be from the Gray Fire while another was caused by the nearby Oregon Road Fire. [23] The Oregon Fire began on the same day as the Gray Fire, August 18. Driven by hot, dry, gusty winds the ...
The Gray Fire was a wildfire in Spokane County, Washington, United States. [1] It began near Medical Lake at about 12:27 pm on August 18, 2023. As of September 1, 2023, the fire had burned 10,085 acres (4,081 ha) and was 100% contained. In addition to burning 259 structures, the death of one person was determined to be connected to the fire.
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).
Aug. 8—WHITE SALMON — The Williams Mine Fire started Monday at about noon and was only burning five acres; however, the fire quickly expanded to more than 2,700 acres Tuesday and expanded ...
Jul. 26—A new wildfire near Tyler prompted evacuations Friday afternoon east of Interstate 90. A level 3 evacuation notice was issued for an area along Columbia Basin Highway just south of the ...
Square Lake Fire [115] Chelan 1,097 0 0 Watt Road Fire [116] Spokane 1,064 7 0 2002 Deer Mountain Fire Chelan 2,281 0 0 Fire equipment and aerial bombardment: 2001 Bailey Mountain Fire [95] Virginia Lake Complex Okanogan 3,164 0 0 Goose Lake Fire [95] Virginia Lake Complex Okanogan 1,283 0 0 Libby Fire [84] Okanogan 3,830 0 0 North Coppei Fire ...
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 ...
The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in Washington state history, [5] with more than one million acres (400,000 ha; 1,600 sq mi) burning across the state from June to September. [1] As many as 3,000 firefighters including 800 Washington National Guard members were deployed to fight the fires.