The #BoltCreekFire was first reported early this morning near Skykomish. DNR is responding with aircraft. US 2 is currently closed and evacuation orders are in place. More information as available.
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A firefighter found an injured kitten while mopping up the #ConradFire today. The kitten was wheezing.
Firefighters gave her oxygen and water. They then reunited the kitten with her family.
#ThankYouFirefighters for protecting our resources and communities in every aspect.
DNR crews are responding to the #NakiaCreekfFire near Larch Mountain in Clark County. The fire is estimated at 70 acres and is burning in grass and brush. Air resources will be assigned to the fire during daylight hours. Updates as conditions change.
We want to thank our firefighters for working hard out on the landscape, sacrificing their holiday weekend so others could enjoy theirs safely. We appreciate you!
#WaWILDFIRE UPDATE #Tunnel5Fire indeterminate acreage and Skamania Sheriff’s Office expanded evacuations. Red Cross is at the fairgrounds to aid displaced folks. Unconfirmed amount of structures lost, power being shut off to some locations. Please avoid area.
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Many thanks to our firefighting friends and colleagues from North Carolina, who spent two weeks this month helping DNR out on the Schneider Springs Fire. Washington appreciates you!
Saturday saw 18 new #WaWILDFIRE burn 157 acres, bringing the year-to-date total we’ve responded to up to 1,122 fires on 295,734 acres. More than 3,500 firefighters hard at it again today.
PLEASE REMEMBER, if you fly a drone around any wildfire, all suppression efforts have to stop for the firefighters safety. #IfYouFlyWeCant
Update: #ColdSpringsFire is now 187,689 acres but has climbed to 40 percent contained thanks to firefighters and aircraft combining to make good progress. Containment lines along the perimeter continue to be the primary objective for approximately 290 personnel working this fire.
Good news! Zero large fires in Washington state right now.
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It took some doing, but we finally got there! As of Thursday there are 
fires in Washington State.
There are still 3 remaining large complexes and fires in Oregon, but there are no large fires in Washington.
NWCC Blog: nwccinfo.blogspot.com
fires in Washington State.
There are still 3 remaining large complexes and fires in Oregon, but there are no large fires in Washington.
NWCC Blog: nwccinfo.blogspot.com
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A State Mobilization request has been approved for the #BoltCreekFire. The fire is now estimated at 2,000 acres. Level 1, 2, and 3 evacuations are in place for approximately 300-400 homes. US 2 remains closed. Updated info as available.
In the last 72 hours, DNR has responded to an uncommon amount of fires in Western Washington. These fires have been driven by dry east winds. Winds are expected to diminish in the next 24 to 48 hours and significant rainfall is expected by Monday. More info threaded here:
One way to prevent #WaWILDFIRE is to #SendSegura and the red-hot bat he's swung all year to the 2018 All Star Game 🔥⚾️🔥
#McEwanFire burning near Shelton around E McEwan Prairie Rd. estimated at 200+ acres resources on scene and enroute. Level 2 (be ready to go) and 3 (go now!) evacuations in place. More info as it becomes available.
The weather brought us a reinforcement to help firefighters working to contain the #WaWILDFIRE still burning in the #Cascades
Due to extreme fire danger all around Washington, all outdoor burning is banned until further notice. #WaWILDFIRE
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With weather conditions remaining hot, dry & breezy across Washington, it’s important for citizens to remember best practices for prevention and recreating safely. Don’t be the spark that diverts firefighting resources from combating other potential wildfires on the landscape.
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#NakiaCreekFire update: The fire is estimated at 150 acres with active fire behavior. A Type 3 Incident Management Team has been assigned. Ground and air resources continue to engage and establish control lines. Updates as available.
#WaWILDFIRE UPDATE #Tunnel5Fire 75+ acres and growing. Level 3 evacuations ordered by Skamania County Sheriff. Those under an evacuation order are being directed to the Skamania County Fairgrounds. Undetermined amount of structures have been lost, cause under investigation.
The weather event — strong winds, high temps creating wildfire conditions — is upon us. Please be careful: Any spark can start a wildfire 🔥🔥 and winds, already blowing at high speeds, will be picking up across the state. #WaWILDFIRE
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The fire is currently estimated at 1000 acres. It is burning timber in rugged terrain. More info as available.
We second that shout out. Thanks to all the women and men that work day and night — in difficult conditions — to protect our communities from #WaWILDFIRE. #teamwork
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THANK YOU, FIRE CREWS! Hundreds of firefighters around the region are away from home right now, working to keep our communities safe from wildfires. We appreciate all that you do!
Today 3,359 firefighting personal are assigned to wildfires in Washington while hundreds of initial attack crews also remain ready for new fires. The map shows the many fires active on the landscape after yesterday's driving winds. Less wind is expected today. #WaWILDFIRE
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DNR is responding to #StaymanFlatsFire, a DNR-jurisdiction fire burning 5 miles SW from Chelan. Currently 35 acres, ground and air resources are on scene. Additional resources en route.
#EagleBluffFire 2,500 acres just SW of Oroville in Okanogan County, fire pushing north to Canada. 15 aircraft on fire or inbound, Type 3 team ordered. Level 1&2 evac advisories, for more see incident page on okanogancounty.org
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#NakiaCreekFire update: State Mobilization has been authorized in support of the #NakiaCreekFire. The fire is approximately 400 acres and growing, burning in timber, brush, and grass. Approx. 1,000 homes are under evacuation. Follow for evacuation info.
DNR is expecting an east wind event over the weekend that, paired with already-critical fire weather conditions, could result in severe wildfire activity around the state.
#WaWILDFIRE NEW #Tunnel5Fire near Underwood, WA in Skamania County is at 25 acres and moving rapidly. High threat potential, currently 100 structures threatened. More information as it comes available.
This morning, almost 1,500 #firefighters are working to control the 18 active #WaWILDFIRE burning on more than 21,000 acres.
So far this year, our fire crews have responded to 921 fires on 128,428 acres.
DNR is assisting our partners with the #LochKatrineFire located near the border of the Alpine Lakes Wildness. The fire was last estimated at 250 acres in heavy old growth timber.
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Update: The #BoltCreekFire is currently estimated at 7600 acres. A Type 2 Incident Management Team has been ordered and is arriving. Evacuations and road closures remain in place. Updates as available.
#WaWILDFIRE Update: #EvansCanyonFire is reported at 75,817 acres and 40% containment. Crews made great progress yesterday. 🙌🙌 The area will have temps in the 90s and wind gusts of up to 25mph today. Please be safe and comply with road and recreation closures and burn bans.
#LyleHillFire in #KlickitatCounty started yesterday evening and has grown to 150 acres. Crews are on scene and a incident management team has been ordered to help.
DNR is responding with our fire district partners to the #8RoadFire aprox. 4 miles north of Elbe. The fire is estimated at 100-150 acres. Heavy air and ground resources are on scene. Updates as available.
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#WaWILDFIRE Update: #JuniperFire is reportedly nearly out. No estimated acreage just yet, but here’s a bird’s eye view of the burned windmill.
With the landscape drying out even more, firefighters are getting help from our friends at . Please do everything possible to not start any fire! Let’s keep our firefighters safe.
#NakiaCreekFire we're asking the public to stay out of fire area. Following road/trails closures are in effect: roads west of L1500 & 1600 intersection (Jackson Pass). The 1500 road east of Four Corners. The Jones Creek ORV park and all associated trail systems.
Pretty simple message. Don't go past road closed signs around wildfire.
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Again - and we can't say this enough though we probably shouldn't have to say it at all - don't go past road closed signs. It's a fire. It's several fires. So. ...come on. For your safety. For everyone's safety. Don't. twitter.com/WSDOT_East/sta…
Many wildland firefighters are going home for the season after spending months on the #WaWILDFIRE 🔥 front lines. And during that time we've received an outpouring of support from communities. So our firefighters wanted to take a moment to say, thank YOU!
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Update: #WawawaiCanyonFire has been held at 303 acres and is now 100 percent contained. Minimal fire behavior.
Extending a big #thanks to our friends who are going home after giving us a huge hand fighting #WaWILDFIRE
#JBLM has a 150-acre fire burning off the #MountsGateRd on base. Smoke may be visible. More updates if they become available.
Great shot, Brian, and you got our good side!
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Watching #WaWILDFIRE aircraft can be an awesome sight, but if you're on the water, please clear the area when you see them.
New #NewellRoadFire 600 acres and growing, 0 percent contain. Engines and aircraft deployed in partnership with county resources. DNR strike team en route. Type 3 team ordered and mobilizing. Structures threatened.
DNR thanks those from other states and nations serving alongside our crews to fight Washington’s wildfires.
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#LochKatrineFire update: Estimated at 2,000 acres, burning exclusively in private timber land and on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest about 30 miles east of Seattle. The fire may be visible from both the I-90 and I-405 highway corridors.
DNR is responding to the #SouthPrairieCreekFire near Wilkeson. The fire is estimated at 10-15 acres. Crews are making progress on hand lines and will staff through the evening. No structures are threatened. Updates as available.
NEW #WaWILDFIRE - we’ve sent a helicopter to help local crews get a handle on this fire near Hwy 18 outside #Covington
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Fire crosses fireline. Fire crews abandon
Abandon hose line and move towards Hwy 18.
Adams County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that #LindFire has been contained and all evacuations have been lifted.
#WaWildfire update: We had a good stop on yesterday afternoon's #GunRangeFire near Wenatchee. Our aviation team was quick and we caught it at 75 acres. Lines held and crews and engines are moving into mop-up today. Thanks to our crews and our partners for keeping this fire small.
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#NewellRoadFire is 100 percent contained. The Type 2 team is demobilizing tonight and handing management of the fire back to local district units.
The #EvansCanyonFire is about 90 percent contained. There are 130 personnel still on the fire doing mop up. Check out this report from the incident commander below.
DNR resources enroute via ferry to 2-acre #WaWILDFIRE caused by Ketron Island plane crash. Resources, including 36 wildfire personnel, are now on-scene, More information: bit.ly/2KLB3nl
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#WaWILDFIRE UPDATE: We’ve sent hand crews and 2 fire bosses to help our partners battle the 1,000-acre #243Fire near the town of #Beverly in Grant County. Follow for evac info.
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#NakiaCreekFire update: Crews will continue to engage the fire throughout the day utilizing both ground and air resources. An acreage update will be provided after aerial survey.
One of five planes working to control #LowerCleElumRiverFire
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Short video of airdrop over #LowerCleElumRiverFire. Hope it plays for you. - Tpr Bryant
It's National #WildlandFirefighterDay! You might see some friendly DNR faces in this video, working like we do every day with our agency partners to spread the #ItTakesAllOfUs message. A heartfelt thank you, both to our firefighters & support staff, for the critical work you do.
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#ItTakesAllOfUs! Today, we express our deepest gratitude to the brave men & women who answer the call to fight wildfires & the dedicated support personnel that make it all possible. Thank you for helping celebrate National #WildlandFirefighterDay. #ThankAFirefighter #NWFFD
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No evacuation orders are in place at this time. The public is asked to remain clear of the area.
#WaWILDFIRE UPDATE #Tunnel5Fire in Skamania County is at 75 acres and moving quickly, high threat potential. Level 3 evacuations have been ordered and additional resources including more air support are on the way.
#WaWILDFIRE UPDATE #Tunnel5Fire is approximately 533 acres and 0% contained. Level 3 evac remains for 2mi radius and Level 1 for Klickitat E of fire. Evacuees directed to Skamania Fairgrounds. Area is “no fly zone” for drones and boaters asked to avoid.
DNR is responding to #CowCanyonFire, 12 miles SW of Ellensburg. Approximately 200 acres, structures threatened. Local authorities have enacted Level 3 evacs near Autobahn Rd and Maloy Rd.
50 wildfires in WA this week w/ 49 on the west side. Our meteorologist says weather conditions paired w/ abundant dead/dormant grasses/shrubs allowed for a "perfect storm" to bring considerable fire activity over the last few days. 🔥 Be #WaWILDFIRE aware! washingtondnr.wordpress.com/2019/03/21/wil
#StaymanFlatsFire is currently at 750 acres, zero percent contained, burning in grass and shrubs. Additional resources have been deployed.
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DNR is responding to #StaymanFlatsFire, a DNR-jurisdiction fire burning 5 miles SW from Chelan. Currently 35 acres, ground and air resources are on scene. Additional resources en route.
Good progress made overnight on #StaymanFlatsFire - currently 800 acres. Dozer lines in place on both flanks, with two hand crews set to join ground resources today. Sizable air resources being deployed: four fire bosses, two heavy tankers, T1 & T2 helicopters.
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#StaymanFlatsFire is currently at 750 acres, zero percent contained, burning in grass and shrubs. Additional resources have been deployed. twitter.com/waDNR_fire/sta…
Ahtanum crew all packed up and headed south to help fight #californiawildfire with 68 Washington firefighters.
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#NakiaCreekFire update – today showed some extreme fire behavior, but crews are making good progress on handline in the steep, rocky terrain. Please avoid the fire area, and pay attention to all closure signs. Last evening update.
Still a lot of fire out on the landscape. Please help keep our firefighters safe, and don't start any new fires.
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Today there are 501,730 acres affected by active uncontained Fire fires in the PNW. There are 7,241 firefighters 
and support personnel working the 20 large uncontained fires
and complexes - 7 in OR and 13 in WA.
and support personnel working the 20 large uncontained fires and complexes - 7 in OR and 13 in WA.
#WawawaiCanyonFire began yesterday, and is now up to 310 acres some 14 miles south of Pullman, Wash. 25 percent contained, structures threatened. Burning in grass.
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We get by with a little help from our friends!
Resources from the @forestservice, @NatlParkService, and @waDNR_fire have held and contained the #HighSteelFire at 26 acres as of 9/23. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.
More: bit.ly/3SrokcL
Update: #WhitneyFire has grown to over 100,000 acres, remains 0 percent contained and will likely continue to grow. Crews are working on structure protection and fire suppression with dozer and hand lines, primarily on the fire’s flanks.
How do you say thanks to our working along side all firefighters in the extreme heat for #WaWILDFIREs in Washington? Thank you isn't enough!
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The @WANationalGuard continues to support @waDNR_fire operations at the #SheepCreekFire near Northport. Today more than 170 Guardsmen are working on three fires across Washington. #AngelSpringsFire #MapleFire #WaWILDFIRE
More than 31 new wildfires on the landscape today after a series of eastern Washington lightning strikes. Initial attack crews have been busy. Several new fires are already contained, though heavy wind gusts are expected to challenge efforts throughout the day.
As of 7-21-23: campfires, recreational fires, charcoal & briquettes are PROHIBITED on DNR protected lands in South Puget Sound Region — as is Rule Burning & Permitted Burning. Cooking stoves, BBQs & recreational fire pits fueled by propane/gas with shutoff valve are authorized
#WaWILDFIRE UPDATE: #MapleFire near Hoodsport showed moderate fire activity yesterday and has now burned 1,245 acres. Firefighters have containment lines around 25% of the fire. More info: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6111/
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#MapleFire update: 995 Acres,12% contained, 258 personnel working the fire. Fire is expected to continue backing down to the 2480 Road on the east flank & continue to move up the Jefferson Ck drainage to the west while remaining north of the 2401 Road.
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Update: #WashougalRiverRoadFire is now 100 percent contained and the Level 1 evacuations have been lifted.
The #NelsonCreekFire is burning NW of Mt. Spokane. Estimated at 30-40 acres. Heavy equipment and aircraft are on scene and line is being constructed. Updates as available.
Today begins the Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance (June 30-July 6), seven days set aside every year to honor the wildland firefighters who paid the ultimate price battling wildfires. Our community commemorates this week as a time of recollection and reflection.
We need the public to be cautious and please help keep all of our firefighters safe.
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Chinook crews from the @WANationalGuard are out in eastern Washington supporting @waDNR_fire on multiple #wawildfires. As of this morning the Washington National Guard had dropped more than 70,000 gallons of water.
Ahtanum hand crew finishing the #TeanawayRiverFire before heading off tomorrow to help our friends fight #CaliforniaWildfires
Update: DNR is assisting on #ColdSpringsFire, which is currently estimated at 140,000 acres with 0 percent containment. Multiple structures have been lost, and approximately 200 firefighters and other ground and air assets are working to prevent more.
Thank you!
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Helicopter crews supporting fire crews with the @waDNR_fire got right to work dropping more that 180,000 gallons of water on the #PalmerFire in just a few days! #WaWILDFIRE #WeAreWashington
NEW #WaWILDFIRE: #WhitneyFire near Davenport is reported at 600 acres and growing in timber, brush, grass and crops. Level 2 evacuation (get ready to leave) in place for 100 homes. State mobilization has been requested. More information to come as it is available.
All of us at and are thinking of Assistant Chief Christian Johnson, a fellow firefighter from Okanogan County Fire District #3, who is being laid to rest today. We mourn the loss of our brother and keep his family in our hearts. #DutyRespectIntegrity
Don't be fooled by the small amount of rain we might get this Saturday. Our landscape can't get much dryer...can it?
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Red flag warnings have been issued for the highlighted counties. West of the Cascades, this will likely be the highest fire danger of the season as hot, dry winds leave normally damp fuels such as grass & moss ready to burn and primed for rapid spread.
#CowCanyonFire has burned approximately 1,000 acres. Heavy air attack used into the early evening.
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DNR is responding to #CowCanyonFire, 12 miles SW of Ellensburg. Approximately 200 acres, structures threatened. Local authorities have enacted Level 3 evacs near Autobahn Rd and Maloy Rd.
#CedarCreekFire is burning 5 miles sw of #Mazama. It has grown to more than 75 acres and was caused by lightning. More updates as they come in.
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SR 20 will FULLY CLOSE at 10AM today- Monday- between mileposts 172-174 (about 20 miles west of Winthrop near Early Winters) for fire response activity. There is no estimate for when the highway will reopen so people should plan to use US 2 or I-90 for cross-state travel.
Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 12 will be holding a virtual community meeting at 5 p.m. tonight to discuss the current situation of the Big Hollow Fire and answer questions from the public. You can find the stream here: facebook.com/GiffordPinchot #BigHollowFire
#KatieLaneFire 1mi south of Spokane, ~4 acres and moderate spread. One out building lost. No current evac advisory, any notifications will be sent out via ALERT Spokane so stay tuned to your phones and local media if you are in the area.
NEW #WaWILDFIRE - #FruitValleyFire is burning 100 acres in the #Vancouver area. Multiple resources on scene, and structures are threatened. Updates as they become available.
Crews on the #McEwanFire near #Shelton are making significant progress, as the fire is 70% contained. Today, crews will continue to mop up and contain the fire. The cause is still under investigation.
#WaWILDFIRE NEW #WawawaiFire in Whitman County is ~350 acres, growing, and 0% contained. Cropland, rangeland, and infrastructure including 911 towers threatened. Level 1 evac notices in place, more info as it becomes available.
We're hiring for the 2019 #WaWILDFIRE season! 🔥DNR needs to recruit 550 temporary firefighters. Wondering if you should apply? Listen to the wildland firefighters in this video talk about what motivates them.
Interested? Go here ➡️ dnr.wa.gov/employment
Fast work by firefighting crews has contained the fire near Bonney Lake as of last night.
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Here’s a glimpse of today’s fire near Tehaleh in Bonney Lake. The fire was mostly contained when these photos were taken about 1.5 hours ago.
Congratulations to our new firefighters at . After nearly a full week of training, they can now officially work on the fire line. 🔥
Thank you in advance for all your work this summer!
