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This list only includes "major fires" that destroyed over 5,000 acres (20 km 2), incurred fatalities or damaged a significant amount of property. Older fires are increasingly underreported. For example, none of the wildfires of 1926–31 and 1943 that together destroyed more than 500,000 acres of the Colville National Forest are included. [1]
The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). [2]
Washington: The largest wildfire complex in Washington state history. [62] 2016: 367,620 acres (148,770 ha) Anderson Creek Fire: Kansas and Oklahoma: Largest wildfire in Kansas history. [63] [64] 2016: 1,466,990 acres (593,670 ha) Fort McMurray Wildfire: Alberta and Saskatchewan: Largest fire evacuation in Alberta history (88,000 on 3 May, a ...
List of Washington wildfires; 2020 Western United States wildfire season This page was last edited on 22 April 2023, at 08:52 (UTC). Text is ...
A thick cloud of wildfire smoke is choking millions of Washington state residents due to 23 active wildfires in the state, in addition to the dozens of wildfires to the north in British Columbia. ...
The fire was reported fully contained on July 12, with a revised burned area of 14,100 acres (5,700 ha). [20] The governor declared a state of emergency on July 6. [1] The 300+ acre Andrus Road fire in the Spokane suburbs drew firefighters from as far away as Thurston and Lewis County in Western Washington, hundreds of miles away. [21]
Four, lightning-caused fires make up the Chilliwack Complex Fire, which is burning just south of the U.S.-Canada border approximately five to 15 miles east northeast of the Mt. Baker Ski Area.
One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles (12 square kilometers) of grass ...