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The Winnebago Bend Wildlife Area was made up of land illegally condemned in 1970. Soon it will be returned to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. 1,600 acres of land in western Iowa is being returned ...
The Eastside Fire and Rescue is a fire department providing fire protection and emergency medical services in the eastern portion of King County, Washington. The department is responsible for services in the communities of Carnation, Issaquah, North Bend, Preston, Sammamish, Tiger Mountain and Wilderness Rim. [1] In total, Eastside 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). [2]
Not to be confused with the 2001 fire in the same area. 1929 Camas fire [103] Chelan 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) In the Chelan District Dollar Mountain Fire [103] Ferry August 4 98,000–142,000 acres (40,000–57,000 ha) 1 The northern Kettle River Ranges eastern slopes fire damage in the Sherman Creek drainage: Dole Valley fire [50] Clark / Skamania
Seven homes were lost in the Chuweah Creek Fire at Nespelem, Washington on July 12–13, which caused evacuation of the town and burned over 10,000 acres (4,000 ha). [44] [45] The fire grew to 22,900 acres by July 15, [46] and over 37,000 acres by July 16; the town of Keller, Washington was also evacuated. [47] [48] The fire was 97% contained ...
Aug. 27—A 1,500-acre brush fire that ignited Tuesday west of Ritzville, Washington, temporarily closed Interstate 90 and State Route 21 before it was contained by late afternoon. The Bauer ...
On August 29, the Washington Military Department's Emergency Operation Center at Camp Murray was activated in response to the Jolly Mountain Fire. [33] On September 5, the U.S. Army said 200 Washington-based soldiers were to be trained and sent to the Umpqua North Complex fires in Oregon's Umpqua National Forest. [34] [35]
By August 24, the fire had grown to 256,657 acres (103,865 ha), [32] surpassing the Carlton Complex fire of 2014 to become the largest wildfire complex in Washington state history. [25] By August 28 "at least 45 primary residences, 49 cabins and 60 outbuildings [were] destroyed in the Okanogan complex fires."