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Nearly all of Washington state is set up “for an increased risk of above-normal fire activity from July through September,” the Weather Service said. Pierce County issues burn ban after ...
The ban includes outdoor burning, the use of charcoal briquettes and prescribed burns on land under DNR management. The move follows a stark heat wave across the state — with temperatures this ...
As warmer temperatures arrive, a burn ban will begin next month until further notice in unincorporated Pierce County.. The ban will take in effect June 1 at 8 a.m. The Pierce County Fire Marshal ...
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]
After a heat wave scorched Tacoma and Pierce County last week, and with more hot weather on the way, Pierce County announced a county-wide burn ban will take effect at 12 a.m. Friday until further ...
On April 26 two fires were burning: the Stanwood Bryant Fire in Snohomish County (70 acres) and the Porter Creek Fire in Whatcom County (80 acres). [ 8 ] Between July 16 and 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and many county governments – including Mason, Thurston, King, Pierce and Whatcom Counties – issued fire ...
Sleepy Hollow Fire (2015) in Monitor, close to where it was ignited, heading over the ridge and into the city of Wenatchee. These are incomplete lists of the major and minor wildfires in Washington state history, along with total costs of the fires for the years starting in 2002. Wildfires are infrequent on the western side of the Cascade Crest ...
Due to the severity of the drought and vegetation going dormant early, Washington County's burn ban has the potential to last until the spring.