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The Retreat Fire or Rimrock Retreat Fire was a wildfire between Rimrock Lake and the town of Tieton in Yakima County, Washington. The fire began on July 23, 2024 as the result of a propane tank explosion at a Rimrock Retreat cabin. [ 1 ]
7-24-24 map of fire perimeter: Retreat Fire [9] [10] Yakima July 23, cause unknown 44,588 acres (18,044 ha) 5 0 0 Also called the Rimrock Retreat Fire, Closed US-12, caused evacuations and county-wide declaration of emergency 7-27-24 map of fire perimeter: Swawilla Fire [11] [12] Ferry & Okanogan July 17, Lightning 53,462 acres (21,635 ha) 2 ...
The wildfire expanded by 8,900 acres to almost 13,000 acres between September 1 and 2, [2] then grew to 30,000 acres on September 2. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Evacuations of over 400 homes began on September 1 and the entire Yakima River Canyon was closed to recreation, while the city of Selah was threatened. [ 3 ]
Among the active fires was the 24,000-acre (9,700 ha) Taylor Pond Fire near Yakima. [18] By August 20, the Palmer Fire near Oroville – which started August 18 – had reached 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and forced evacuation of up to 85 homes. [19] [20] The largest of the fires in the Olympics reached 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) by August 20. [21]
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Most concerning was the Range 12 fire that spread from Grant and Yakima Counties into Benton County, where the sprawling nuclear site is located. The fire threatened to summit Rattlesnake Mountain and spread into the Hanford Nuclear Site itself." Seattle Times "Yakima area wildfire is 90 percent contained". The Seattle Times. August 4, 2016.
Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino put out a statement with the county part of the DEC's High Fire Danger Area on Sunday.. She noted sensitive populations, when there's poor air quality, should ...
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