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Jul. 30—An estimated 10,000-acre fire that sparked Saturday afternoon southwest of Oroville has burned across the U.S.-Canadian border and is prompting evacuations in Okanogan County. The Eagle ...
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]
Governor Jay Inslee issued a proclamation on June 26, declaring a state of emergency to exist in all Washington state counties, implementing the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, and ordering deployment of National Guard and other organized militia for incident-related service assistance, all because of the predicted risk of wildfires in the wake of significantly drier ...
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter: Retreat Fire [9] [10] Yakima July 23, cause unknown 44,588 acres (18,044 ha) 5 0 0 Also called the Rimrock Retreat Fire, Closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency 7-27-24 map of fire perimeter: Swawilla Fire [11] [12] Ferry & Okanogan July 17, Lightning 53,462 acres (21,635 ha) 2 ...
The Cub Creek 2 Fire broke out north of Winthrop in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Washington DNR lands on July 16. Evacuations were ordered around Winthrop on July 17. [ 59 ] It grew to 4,690 acres by the end of the day on July 18, affecting air quality in Twisp and elsewhere in the Methow Valley . [ 60 ]
The Diamond Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan County, Washington, that began with an improperly extinguished campfire on July 23, 2017. [1] [2] [3] In July, the fire threatened historic cabins with destruction. [4] On August 31, it spread to Canada in an area between Cathedral Provincial Park and Manning Provincial ...
The Oasis Fire near Touchet grew to over 1,500 acres (610 ha) by June 19, bringing evacuation orders by Walla Walla County emergency managers. State firefighting resources including tanker aircraft were mobilized to fight it. [11] The Tunnel Five Fire started near Underwood in Skamania County on July 2. It burned 529 acres (214 ha) and was 80% ...
The Hansel fire burned near Ingalls Creek and U.S. Route 97 in Chelan County. [9] Little Bridge Creek fire – 4,896 acres (7.6 sq mi; 20 km 2). Located between the Twisp River and State Route 20 in Okanogan County. [15] Shoofly fire – 160 acres (0.25 sq mi; 0.65 km 2) in the upper drainage of the Little Wenatchee River in Chelan County. [9]