Emergency crews responded to an RV fire at the Blue Mountain trailer court on South Second Avenue, early Thursday, Jan. 24.

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.

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.

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.

OLYMPIA – The state Department of Natural Resources has banned campfires on all lands east of the Cascades protected by the agency.

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.

NESPELEM - Very high to extreme fire danger alerts have been issued for the Colville Indian Reservation and the state has increased fire danger ratings for several areas.

TWISP – The combined Crescent Mountain and Gilbert fires continue to grow, and some Twisp River area residents remain under a Level 2 evacuation notice because of the blazes, which are burning at the upper end of the drainage.

MAZAMA – U.S. Forest Service firefighters are battling a fire burning in heavy timber in the Cutthroat area about 13 miles west of town.

A Western Glove utility trailer caught fire as the driver was heading north on Highway 97 around 10:06 a.m. today, July 26.

Wildfires burning north of the international border is sending clouds of smoke though much of Okanogan Valley,

Smoke poured from a vehicle owned and driven by Patty Markham, Omak, Thursday, July 12 at the intersection of West Dewberry Avenue and North Main Street.

Firefighters have completed initial fire lines around most of the fire perimeter of the Rattlesnake Fire, which is burning southeast of Keller on the Colville Indian Reservation.

A grass fire burned across seven acres of grass and sagebrush the afternoon of July 8 south of town.

A home on Dutch Anderson Road was destroyed Monday, July 9, in a fire that spread to nearby grass.

Consumer firework sales continue until 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 5.

Officials from the National Interagency Fire Center all calling for an above-normal fire season this year with elevated temperatures and low precipitation.

Fire crews quickly extinguished a small fire yesterday, June 5, south of town.

About 15 acres of grass and sagebrush burned Sunday afternoon southeast of town in a wildfire of undetermined origin.

Effective today, Sept. 29, campfire restrictions will be reduced on national forest lands in Okanogan County.