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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 anticipate a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects.
The 2022 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2022. As of August 4, 2022, there have been four large wildfires that have burned 30,800 acres (12,500 ha) across the US state of Washington. This season started quieter than normal due to unusually colder weather that kept Eastern and Southeastern Washington burning index's largely ...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities.
The 2021 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2021. By late April, all of Eastern Washington had been classified by the United States Drought Monitor as "abnormally dry" with moderate to severe drought conditions. [2] The state had more than 630 wildfires by the first week of July, on par with the state's record 2015 wildfire ...
The Oregon Road Fire and the Gray Fire have burned more than 20,000 acres in Spokane County, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The wildfires broke out on 19 August ...
August 20, 2023 at 10:44 PM. KXLY. Two wildfires in Spokane County, Washington have burned more than 20,000 acres and left at least two people dead, officials say. As of Sunday night, the Oregon ...
List of Washington wildfires. An airtanker dropping fire retardant over the 2015 Chelan Butte fire (part of the Chelan Complex) Sleepy Hollow Fire (2015) in Monitor close to where it was ignited, heading over the ridge and into the city of Wenatchee. This is an incomplete list of major wildfires in Washington state history.
Dry east winds drove an “uncommon amount” of fires late in the week, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Dry November, out of season fires in Western WA, and a ...