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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 ...
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).
Fire season officially began on April 15. [2] Training of state fire crews was conducted in May, as well as training of Washington National Guard in helitack insertion for fire crews. [3] On the morning of August 1, smoke from BC fires pushed into the Seattle area, rapidly making Mount Rainier invisible on a cloudless day. [4]
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS and GENE JOHNSON PATEROS, Wash. (AP) - A massive wildfire that has destroyed at least 100 homes forced the residents of a second north-central Washington town to leave ...
The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park, where the watershed is noted for its alpine scenery and its dense concentrations of giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth.
The Swawilla Fire was a large wildfire in Ferry and Okanogan counties, located in the U.S. state of Washington. The fire started on July 17, 2024, and was declared 98% contained on August 9. The fire started on July 17, 2024, and was declared 98% contained on August 9.
An “incendiary device” was found attached to the side of a ballot drop box when Portland Police responded about 3:30 a.m. Monday, and security personnel extinguished the fire, the Portland ...
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]