#RattlesnakeFire This fire has been marked as fully contained and should stay confined to its boundaries, FINAL UPDATE

#RattlesnakeFire Confirmed, 2 Scoopers are En-Route to the fire... A lot of air resources are being requested for the fire, although winds are light, vegetation is very dry in the area allowing for rapid spread potential with this fire...

#RattlesnakeFire Air Attack Plane is making bigger circles near the fire area, a good indication of likely quick growth! 1 additional Copter En Route w/ possible Scoopers also En Route from Moses Lake! Fire is at 100 acres and Northwest of Richland! Vegetation is very dry!

#RattlesnakeFire Units are responding to a confirmed vegetation fire with a 2nd alarm requested! Per radio traffic! The fire is approximately 100 acres and air resources have been requested, Per incident command!
The fire is Northwest of Richland! No evacuations ordered yet!

Where wildfires are burning in WA The state has 12 large fires of concern, which account for more than 70,000 acres total. Some individual blazes have burned more than 10,000 acres.

“Washington’s fire season is heating up with nearly 80,500 acres burning across the state as of Monday.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... via The Seattle Times

#BearGulchFire #CrownCreekFire #LowerSugarloafFire #RattlesnakeFire #WashingtonState #WAwx #Wildfires cc: #Seattle

Rapid pyrocumulus development from the #RattlesnakeFire around 2:20pm today #wawx

This is what happens when you have days of thunderstorms in the Cascades & NE WA. 5 current plumes, from west to east:

#BearGulchFire: 9,387 acres
#WildcatFire: 1,273 acres
#LowerSugarloafFire: 100 acres
#RattlesnakeFire: 4,105 acres
#CrownCreekFire: 4,390 acres

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Six tankers on the #RattlesnakeFire this evening. Now over 4000 acres burned. #wawx #wawildfire

#WildcatFire, #BearGulchFire, #LowerSugarloafFire, and #CrownCreekFire/#BlackhawkMountainFire all burning actively this afternoon. This doesn't even include #KatyCreekFire, #TacomaCreekFire, #RattlesnakeFire, or #Perry Fire.
Read the latest WA Smoke Blog for more info ➡️ wasmoke.blogspot.com
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