OKANOGAN – Four engines and crews from the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest are in California helping to fight wildfires.
OKANOGAN – Four engines and crews from the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest are in California helping to fight wildfires.
OMAK - Preparedness classes are being offered for people who want to prepare for wildfires.
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OKANOGAN - Okanogan County commissioners lifted the summer burn ban as of Sept. 18.
WENATCHEE - Forest visitors can again build campfires in most areas of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
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OKANOGAN - Two accounts have been set up to assist injured Okanogan firefighter Christian Johnson and his family.
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SECOND UPDATE (Sept. 2): The injured firefighter has been identified as Okanogan Fire Department Assistant Chief Christian Johnson. He is in a medically induced coma with second- and third-degree burns over 50 to 60 percent of his body.
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KELLER – The Williams Flats Fire, southeast of town, had burned across 44,515 acres of land as of Monday morning, Aug. 19.
OKANOGAN – Thunderstorms that passed through Okanogan and Ferry counties last weekend touched off several fires, but as of mid-afternoon Monday, Aug. 12, none had grown to any great size.
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KELLER – The Williams Flats Fire has raced across 40,000 acres of land in the past week, with the Colville Confederated Tribes instituting more road closures in the area.
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STEHEKIN – The lightning-caused Devore Creek Fire has burned across 425 acres of land about three air miles southwest of town.
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KELLER – Multiple new evacuation notices have been issued for homes near the Williams Flats Fire on the Colville Indian Reservation.
OLIVER, B.C. – The Eagle Bluff wildfire burning north of town has prompted an evacuation alert and is estimated to be at 900 hectares (about 2,224 acres) in size.
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KELLER - The Williams Flats Fire has prompted Level 3 (leave now) evacuation orders in the areas of Little Nine Mile Creek West to Whitestone lookout and south to the Columbia River, according to the Ferry County Sheriff's Office.
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TWISP - A house and shed were destroyed in a Tuesday evening blaze.
KELLER – The Williams Flats Fire on the Colville Indian Reservation is nearing 17,000 acres in size as of Tuesday morning, Aug. 6.
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KELLER – Two wildfires on the Colville Indian Reservation have charred more than 13,500 acres of land near Keller.
KELLER – A fire burning southwest of town in the Hellgate Game Preserve had blackened nearly 2,500 acres of land within its first 11 hours on Friday, Aug. 2.
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OKANOGAN – A Tuesday evening lightning storm brought smoke checks and ignited several small wildfires across eastern Washington.
OMAK - The wildfire that ravaged our Okanogan County in July 2014 made national headlines.
ELLISFORDE — Multiple agencies responded to a wildfire shortly after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, south of Oroville.
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ELLISFORDE - Multiple agencies responded to a wildfire shortly before 2 p.m. today, south of Oroville.
ELMER CITY – A wildfire north of town had burned across nearly 3,500 acres of land by mid-day Monday, June 24.
OLYMPIA – Two agencies have announced new fire restrictions for Okanogan County and other areas.
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OSOYOOS, B.C. - The Richter Creek wildfire burning about 7 miles west of town has reached about 250 hectares (about 617 acres) as of Tuesday, May 14.
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OROVILLE — Oroville Fire Department responded to a fire at Zosel Mill around 10 p.m. May 8.
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MOUNT HULL — A brush fire on Abbie Lane in the Swanson Mill area burned about 50 acres Sunday, May 12.
OLYMPIA – The fire danger rating for eastern Washington has been increased.
Emergency crews responded to an RV fire at the Blue Mountain trailer court on South Second Avenue, early Thursday, Jan. 24.
Local resident Rick Barthol lost his home and five animals when a fire Saturday morning took down his home while he and fiancé, Laura Sorenson, were out to breakfast.
A motorhome was destroyed by fire Thursday, Oct. 25, about 10 miles north of town, according to Chelan County Fire District No. 4.
OKANOGAN – Several local jurisdictions have lifted their burn bans.
ELMER CITY – A fire fanned by high winds swept through town Tuesday evening, destroying several structures.
TWISP – The Crescent Mountain Fire fight is winding down, with containment at 86 percent as of Friday, Sept. 28.
Fire investigators located two bodies inside the rubble of a house fire yesterday at 760 Old Highland Orchard Road, according to Douglas County Sheriff Kevin Morris.
WENATCHEE - The U.S. Forest Service has started relaxing its campfire ban in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
OLYMPIA – The ban on target shooting was lifted Saturday, Sept. 15, on state Department of Natural Resources-managed lands.
TWISP – Rain last weekend and forecasts for cooler temperatures and higher humidity recovery are helping firefighters get a handle on three wildfires in the western part of Okanogan County.
BRIDGEPORT – Two people were unaccounted for as of Monday morning, Sept. 17, after a fire destroyed a home on Old Highland Orchard Road.
WINTHROP – A fire information meeting is planned at 6 p.m. today, Sept. 17, at the Winthrop Barn, 51 Highway 20.
TWISP – Evacuation notices have been lifted for the Crescent Mountain Fire area and the U.S. Forest Service has started assessing burned areas throughout the region for flooding risks.
TWISP - The Crescent Mountain Fire, burning since July 29 in the Twisp River drainage, topped 46,000 acres over the weekend.
TWISP – Okanogan County Emergency Management has issued a Level 2 (be ready) evacuation warning for Smith Canyon Road and Libby Creek Road west of Smith Canyon.
OMAK – Three people were injured in a residential fire Aug. 29 east of town.
Rain and higher relative humidity over the weekend allowed firefighters to make a direct attack on the Crescent Mountain Fire, which has been burning for a month in the Twisp River drainage.
OMAK – Nearly 40 acres of grass and sagebrush burned Saturday, Aug. 18, north of town. Several other fires continue to burn in the region.
OMAK – Smoky, hazy air continues to blanket Okanogan County and the rest of the Pacific Northwest because of multiple fires burning in the region.
UPDATE - The fire has been contained. OMAK - Firefighters are on the scene of a fast-moving fire in the Duck Lake-Johnson Creek area north of town.
OLYMPIA – The state Department of Natural Resources has banned campfires on all lands east of the Cascades protected by the agency.
TWISP - A Level 3 (get out now) evacuation alert has been issued for West Buttermilk Creek Road and Twisp River Road west of the Buttermilk Creek intersection.
NESPELEM – All access to the Colville Indian Reservation is being restricted to certain roads because of very high fire danger, limited fire suppression resources in the region and forecasts of continued dry weather.
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