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The Thirtymile Fire was first reported on July 9, 2001 in the Okanogan National Forest, approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Winthrop, Washington, United States. The wildfire had been caused by an unattended campfire that spread rapidly in the hot and dry weather in the Pacific Northwest. Four firefighters were killed when the fire cut off ...
A home near Pateros, Washington destroyed by the Carlton Complex Fire. In total, the Carlton Complex Fire burned 256,108 acres (1,036.4 km 2) throughout Okanogan County, Washington. 353 homes were destroyed, including 111 in the Pateros area and 47 near the town of Brewster. [2]
County Start date Size (acres) Structures lost Deaths Injuries Notes Image 2009 Dry Creek Complex [50] Dry Creek Complex Benton / Yakima 48,902 2 0 3 Oden Road Fire [50] Okanogan 9,607 14 0 3 2008 Badger Mountain Fire [50] Chelan / Douglas 15,023 0 0 5 Cold Springs Fire: Klickitat 7,729 0 0 0 Columbia River Road Fire [50] Okanogan 22,115 0 0 1
Dylan Harrington is wanted by the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office on suspicion of double homicide and concealment of a body in the deaths of Dave Covey, 80, and Geralyn Covey, 66, in February ...
Jul. 30—An estimated 10,000-acre fire that sparked Saturday afternoon southwest of Oroville has burned across the U.S.-Canadian border and is prompting evacuations in Okanogan County. The Eagle ...
The Okanogan Complex Fire was a wildfire affecting Okanogan County in north-central Washington state.It was composed of five fires that were caused by lightning strikes on August 15, 2015, with two of the fires near Conconully merging days later on August 19. [2]
The Hansel fire burned near Ingalls Creek and U.S. Route 97 in Chelan County. [9] Little Bridge Creek fire – 4,896 acres (7.6 sq mi; 20 km 2). Located between the Twisp River and State Route 20 in Okanogan County. [15] Shoofly fire – 160 acres (0.25 sq mi; 0.65 km 2) in the upper drainage of the Little Wenatchee River in Chelan County. [9]
A one year old child was killed and the father and pregnant mother found on the banks of the Columbia River in Okanogan County badly burned, after attempting to outrun the Cold Springs Canyon Fire. The fire was considered by sheriff's detectives a potential homicide, if human-caused. [17] [18]