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As of July 25, nine large, active wildfires are burning in Washington, collectively covering more than 114,000 acres, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center. All nine are east ...
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]
Buffalo Lake Road Fire [50] [52] Okanogan 11,299 1 0 5 Byrd Fire Wenatchee Complex [53] Chelan 14,119 0 0 Canyon Fire Wenatchee Complex [53] Chelan 7,557 0 0 Cascade Creek Fire [54] Skamania / Yakima 20,296 0 0 2 Crane Road Fire [55] Douglas 12,500 7 0 0 Goat Fire Okanogan 7,378 0 0 0 Milepost 10 [56] Douglas 5,445 0 0 0 Peavine Canyon Fire
The 2023 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2023 in the US state of Washington. Conditions going into the season were low-risk for fire, with higher than average precipitation over the prior winter and spring. [1] Some experts anticipated a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects. [2]
On Wednesday night, the British Columbia Fire Service reported 35 new wildfires had started in the three days before, with at least 59 fires actively burning within its zone at that point. These ...
Sep. 5—MOSES LAKE — Fires throughout Washington continue to burn and one new fire began Wednesday, though they were relatively small as of press time. The Blewett Fire closed U.S. 97 Wednesday ...
More than 265,000 acres have burned so far this year in Washington on both state and federal lands. That’s compared to last year’s total of 165,000 acres and the 10-year average of roughly ...
The 300+ acre Andrus Road fire in the Spokane suburbs drew firefighters from as far away as Thurston and Lewis County in Western Washington, hundreds of miles away. [21] Lightning on July 7 ignited many fires in Eastern Washington including the Asotin Complex Fire near Clarkston which grew to several hundred acres before the end of the day. [22]