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The 2020 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2020. The season was a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfires. By September, wildfires had burned over 713,000 acres, 181 homes had been lost, and one death occurred as a result. [2] [1] The 2020 fire season saw more individual fires than in any other recorded year. [1]
Pearl Hill Fire was 223,730 acres and over 90% contained by September 22; together Pearl Hill and Cold Springs Fires burned over 410,000 acres (170,000 ha). [8] [11] Smaller fires in occurred in more populated areas of Western Washington. By September 9, the Sumner Grade Fire near Sumner closed Washington State Route 410, grew to 800
The towns of Phoenix and Talent were mostly destroyed in the Almeda fire on September 8. [250] In Washington, 2020 wildfires burned 800,000 acres (3,200 km 2), with 418 structures, including 195 homes, burned. In California, about 3,300,000 acres (13,000 km 2) burned from wildfires in 2020, the highest burned acreage ever recorded in a fire season.
Sep. 4—MOSES LAKE — Significant progress was made over the weekend as firefighters were able to bring four wildfires under control around Washington. Creston Fire — 50 acres. 100% containment.
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there are around 55,542 acres actively burning in the state as of Wednesday. In 2024 there were around 39,400 fires and around 6.9 million acres ...
The Evans Canyon Fire, ignited about eight miles north of Naches, Washington, during the afternoon of August 31, 2020. 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.
Sep. 11—MOSES LAKE — The various fires listed below are all ablaze in Washington. The largest fire reported is the Retreat Fire at 45,601 acres and the smallest is the Wynnie fire at 12.2 acres.
Wind-whipped wildfires roared through southeast Washington state, virtually wiping out an entire small town, reducing its City Hall and fire department to rubble, authorities said Tuesday. Three ...