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The McEwan Fire started near Mason Lake, in Western Washington 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Seattle on July 2. As of July 5, 2023 [update] , it had caused evacuations of hundreds of homes, had burned over 250 acres (100 ha), and was uncontained.
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]
The largest in Washington is the Big Horn Fire, near the Columbia River south of Yakima. It covers about 33,000 acres. Near Lake Chelan, the Pioneer Fire covers about 31,000 acres.
One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles (12 square kilometers) of grass ...
Easy Fire. Despite nearly 2 inches of rain on Sunday and cooler weather, the Easy Fire has grown to 2,120 acres, according to an Inciweb update posted at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The Tunnel Five Fire or Tunnel 5 Fire was a wildfire in Skamania County, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge, near the border with Oregon. Ignited in the morning of July 2, 2023, [2] the fire was caused by a BNSF locomotive exhaust. [3] By July 10, the fire was 80% contained, [4] and by the following day it reached 100% containment. [5]
The Oregon Road Fire and the Gray Fire have burned more than 20,000 acres in Spokane County, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The wildfires broke out on 19 August ...
The 2022 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2022. As of August 4, 2022, there have been four large wildfires that have burned 30,800 acres (12,500 ha) across the US state of Washington .