Wildfire

The U.S. Forest Service is looking to shore up its wildland firefighting force in the Pacific Northwest.  Recruitment events will take place across Oregon next month, with stops in Bend, Sandy and La Grande on September 12th, in an effort to hire a couple hundred permanent seasonal positions.   “...

Chelan Fire and Rescue is leading the effort to contain the fire, which has burned about 1,000 acres south and west of Chelan.

Did you know that there are more than just professional firefighters offering defenses against the deadly wildfires that threaten us each year?

District 4 firefighters say they arrived on scene in seven minutes and found a two-acre fire quickly spreading up steep hillsides burning in dry grass and sage

Evacuation Shelters are in place at Lake Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam and Pascal Sherman Indian School in Omak.

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)...

Chelan County issues Level 3 Fire Evacuation notice. Urgent warning for Squilchuck, Mission Ridge, Beehive areas to evacuate due to wildfire threat.

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...

The fire grew quickly after igniting late Monday night on just a few acres during high winds.