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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]
Some of the fires were sparked by downed power lines. More than 330,000 acres (130,000 ha) burned across the state of Washington, a one-day total greater than any of the last 12 entire fire seasons, according to the governor's office, [1] and larger than the state's largest single fire, the Carlton Complex Fire of 2014.
On August 31, the Tunk Block fire was separated from this complex, as it was about to merge with the North Star Fire, leaving the complex with an area of 133,118 acres. Smoke near Omak: Paradise Fire [38] Jefferson: May 15 2,796 0 0 A rare rainforest fire in the Olympic National Park finally extinguished in September Smoke plume: Renner Fire [30]
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. ...
A wildfire burned out of control near the Washington-Oregon border Monday as thousands fled from the blaze fueled by warm conditions unusual for the Pacific Nor
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).
A late-summer heat wave is sending wildfire smoke across Whatcom County and the rest of Western Washington and will affect air quality on Thursday and possibly Friday.
The 2023 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2023 in the US state of Washington. Conditions going into the season were low-risk for fire, with higher than average precipitation over the prior winter and spring. [1] Some experts anticipated a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects. [2]