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The Jolly Mountain fire was a wildfire in Wenatchee National Forest, Kittitas County, Washington, that began with lightning strikes August 11, 2017 and burned for over three months. [2] [1] Fires burned in the upper reaches of the Teanaway River a few miles east of Cle Elum Lake. [3]
Cle Elum's greatest disaster occurred on June 25, 1918, when a huge fire wiped out over seventy acres of the city (29 city blocks) causing over $500,000 (about $10.1 million today) in damages. The cause was later determined to most likely to be a cigarette butt thrown into a pile of garbage behind a theater.
In 1896, the Cascade Miner was founded in Roslyn, Washington. [4] It was created by J. B. Armstrong and L. W. Kribs. [5] Three years later A. S. Randall became the owner in 1899. [6] Randall and his brother started the Cle Elum Echo in 1902.
Ignacio Calderon and Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Updated January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM As thousands of people fled from fires that tore through Los Angeles County this month, you may have wondered ...
This fire was reported on August 7 on the Wenatchee National Forest southwest of Cle Elum in Kittitas County and burned 894 acres (1.4 sq mi; 3.6 km 2). [ 19 ] References
Fire season officially began on April 15. [2] Training of state fire crews was conducted in May, as well as training of Washington National Guard in helitack insertion for fire crews. [3] On the morning of August 1, smoke from BC fires pushed into the Seattle area, rapidly making Mount Rainier invisible on a cloudless day. [4]
But many skeptics find Osiadacz’s memory hard to believe, especially since Cle Elum is over 150 miles from D.B. Cooper’s presumed landing area, given the aircraft’s position during his jump.
The fire burned 34 acres, but forward progress was stopped around 3:30 p.m., the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. A man was taken into custody and charged with two felony charges ...