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The Yakima Training Center (YTC [1]) is a United States Army training center, used for maneuver training, Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise area. It is located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Washington , bounded on the west by Interstate 82 , on the south by the city of Yakima , on the north by the city ...
Four hundred firefighters from 36 fire districts and 18 agencies trained to fight forest fires in the Cascade Mountains above Yakima in May. [5] A 20-year Washington Wildland Fire Protection Strategic Plan under development during the first half of the year was to be released by the Department of Natural Resources to the public in July, 2018. [6]
The fire caused the closure of U.S. Route 12 across White Pass, and "evacuate now" orders were issued to residents near Rimrock Lake on July 24. [4] [5] Outdoor city amenities and events were closed in Yakima on July 25 due to poor air quality, which was "unhealthy" or "very unhealthy" for all people at monitoring stations across the Yakima Valley.
Rattle Snake Ridge Fire [1] Yakima 18,000 1997 Olympia Command Fire [1] Benton 5,500 Pow Wah Kee Fire [1] August 3 Asotin: 8,000 1996 Baird Springs Fire [1] Grant August 2 14,000 Cold Creek Fire [50] Benton / Yakima 57,000 1994 Copper Butte Fire [96] Ferry 10,473 Rat Creek / Hatchery Creek Fire Chelan 43,000 Tyee Creek Fire [98] [99] Chelan ...
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] On October 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced the end of the 2024 fire season. [3]
The fire was reported fully contained on July 12, with a revised burned area of 14,100 acres (5,700 ha). [20] The governor declared a state of emergency on July 6. [1] 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]
The Range 12 fire was started on July 30, 2016 in eastern Washington at the Yakima Training Center east of Yakima, Washington near Moxee, Washington. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It quickly grew to over 176,000 acres (71,000 ha) to cover parts of Yakima County and Benton County . [ 4 ]
Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,728. [1] The county seat and most populous city is Yakima. [2] The county was formed out of Ferguson County in January 1865 and is named for the Yakama tribe of Native Americans.