A wildfire in Ferry County that was touched off by lightning last week has already torched over 5,500 acres.
The Swawilla Fire ignited on June 17 and is burning in tall grass, brush, and mixed timber approximately nine miles southwest of Keller on the Colville Indian Reservation...
There's a new wildfire burning in North Central Washington.
The Shoofly Fire is located about 25 miles west of Lake Wenatchee on the southeastern slopes of Shoofly Mountain within the Wenatchee River Ranger District.
The blaze is burning sub-alpine fir and an older burn scar on steep terrain, and has already torched approximately 102 acres as of this morning (Wednesday, July 10)...
Firefighters battled a brush fire on Chelan Butte last night.
Crews with Chelan County Fire District No. 7 responded to the blaze, which was located about two miles north of Chelan High School, at around 10:45.
The fire quickly spread to around five acres before firefighters were able to fully contain it by 11:45...
With wildfire season nearly upon us, Washington employers should be prepared to implement the new permanent worker protection regulations now in effect.