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The fire increased to 20,348 acres (8,235 ha) on July 16 and moved slowly uphill from the lake to ridges as it consumed dead brush and fuel. [7] It continued northwestward along Lake Chelan and approached Stehekin , a settlement at the north end of the lake with 80 year-round residents and no road access to the rest of the state.
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 ...
As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency management officials on Sunday raced door to door asking residents to leave.
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 arial 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 ...
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