Interested in learning about DNR's wildfire risk mapping project? Check out tonight's virtual public meeting at 6PM on Zoom, or take a look at the remaining schedule to find an in-person meeting near you. #wawx #wawildfire
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Once again, we have the smell of smoke lingering in the Cascade foothills, no doubt due in part to the #LaborMountainFire and #LowerSugarloafFire. We need some steady rain ASAP!
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Our amazing Fire Management Assistance Grant team was able to secure federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Lower Sugarloaf Fire burning in Chelan County. Great job, team. Thanks to FEMA for approving this. #wawildfire
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#LaborMountainFire Per WSDOT on Facebook: US 97 Blewett Pass will REMAIN CLOSED through the weekend between milepost 149 to 178. Conditions will be reevaluated on Monday, Sept. 29, but there is no estimated time to reopen the highway. #wawx #wawildfire Photo of the Labor Mountain Fire via WSDOT’s Facebook page
#LaborMountainFire Per WSDOT on Facebook: US 97 Blewett Pass will REMAIN CLOSED through the weekend between milepost 149 to 178. Conditions will be reevaluated on Monday, Sept. 29, but there is no estimated time to reopen the highway. #wawx #wawildfire Photo of the Labor Mountain Fire via WSDOT’s Facebook page
#LaborMountainFire Per WSDOT on Facebook: US 97 Blewett Pass will REMAIN CLOSED through the weekend between milepost 149 to 178. Conditions will be reevaluated on Monday, Sept. 29, but there is no estimated time to reopen the highway. #wawx #wawildfire Photo of the Labor Mountain Fire via WSDOT’s Facebook page
#LaborMountainFire Per WSDOT on Facebook: US 97 Blewett Pass will REMAIN CLOSED through the weekend between milepost 149 to 178. Conditions will be reevaluated on Monday, Sept. 29, but there is no estimated time to reopen the highway.
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#LaborMountainFire #LowerSugarloafFire #IngallsCreek #BlewittPass #WaWildfire #Cashmere #Entiat #ChelanCounty #Wildfire
Live look from earlier tonight of the #LaborMountainFire, which is currently encroaching on Blewett Pass, as well as Cashmere and Entiat. Video courtesy of Washington Weather Chasers on YouTube
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For updates on the #LowerSugarloafFire, there is a Facebook page dedicated to current fire conditions and evacuations: www.facebook.com/share/1BdE59...
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For updates on the #LaborMountainFire, there is a Facebook page dedicated to current fire conditions and evacuations: www.facebook.com/share/1KHo1H...
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Authorities are also working to open up more space at local fairgrounds for those with evacuated livestock and domesticated animals.
More info on current evacuation notices and shelters is available from Chelan County Emergency Management: www.facebook.com/share/p/1BHd...
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An emergency shelter for the #LowerSugarloafFire and the #LaborMountainFire has been opened at Christ Center, 5800 Kimber Road in Cashmere.
In Entiat, an American Red Cross Shelter is located at the Entiat Warehouse Community Church in Entiat.
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Level 3 “go now” evacuation notice from Chelan County Emergency Management
Labor Mountain Fire 2025 on 9/25/25
Lower Sugarloaf Fire 2025 on 9/25/25
High winds have caused both the #LowerSugarloafFire and #LaborMountainFire to go on a run. Level 3 evacuations — go now — issued for Warner, Swakane, and Nahahum canyons, and Ingalls Creek Rd and the Valley Hi community.
Evacuation map available here: bit.ly/3ish5Cb
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Kind of horrifying to watch the air quality on the eastside rapidly tank - much of the region east of Redmond is in the unhealthy (red) range now, as smoke settles into the Snoqualmie Valley #wawx #wawildfire
Kind of horrifying to watch the air quality on the eastside rapidly tank - much of the region east of Redmond is in the unhealthy (red) range now, as smoke settles into the Snoqualmie Valley #wawx #wawildfire
Kind of horrifying to watch the air quality on the eastside rapidly tank - much of the region east of Redmond is in the unhealthy (red) range now, as smoke settles into the Snoqualmie Valley #wawx #wawildfire
More AQI data, this time from pscleanair.gov - an AQI of 185 near Cottage Lake, 160-165 near Duvall, and so on… it’s thick out there today #wawx #wawildfire
More AQI data, this time from pscleanair.gov - an AQI of 185 near Cottage Lake, 160-165 near Duvall, and so on… it’s thick out there today #wawx #wawildfire
More AQI data, this time from pscleanair.gov - an AQI of 185 near Cottage Lake, 160-165 near Duvall, and so on… it’s thick out there today #wawx #wawildfire
Live look at the Seattle waterfront from 2nd Ave where we have quite the haze settling in on Puget Sound. AQI is currently at Moderate according to AirNow.gov with worsening visibility further east towards to foothills #wawx #wawildfire
Air quality is rapidly declining as smoke settles in throughout King and Snohomish Counties. An Air Quality Alert is in effect until Wednesday afternoon #wawx #wawildfire
An Air Quality Alert for Smoke has been issued by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency until Wednesday afternoon for King and Snohomish Counties due to unhealthy air quality across the region #wawx #wawildfire
An Air Quality Alert for Smoke has been issued by the Puget Sound
Clean Air Agency until Wednesday afternoon for King and Snohomish
Counties due to unhealthy air quality across the region #wawx #wawildfire
Map of air quality index in the Puget sound region on 9/23/25
Very very hazy here on the Seattle waterfront this morning thanks to wildfire smoke being pushed in, causing moderate air quality across portions of Seattle and the eastside/foothills #wawx #wawildfire
As we prepare for The Big Dark, let us rejoice in the fact that this impending weather change means our fires will eventually fizzle out.
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Both tree damage and new fires/rapid fire spread are potential risks tomorrow with the #RedFlagWarning and #WindAdvisory in place.
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In addition to the #RedFlagWarning, NWS Seattle has issued a #WindAdvisory from 3am Tues to 12am Weds for east winds of 10-20mph, with gusts of 35-45mph, and isolated local gusts up to 50mph. This advisory includes the foothills and valleys of Snohomish, King, and Pierce Counties.
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Another good visual from NWS Seattle of tomorrow’s Red Flag Warning - pink means high temperatures (80-90°), high winds (15-30 mph east winds with localized gusts up to 45mph), and low relative humidity (as low as 25-30%) - the perfect recipe for fires.
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NWS Seattle has issued a Red Flag Warning for the eastern Puget Sound lowlands and western foothills of the Cascades for tomorrow, 9/16, due to gusting winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures. #wawx #wawildfire #redflagwarning
NWS Seattle has issued a Red Flag Warning for the eastern Puget Sound lowlands and western foothills of the Cascades for tomorrow, 9/16, due to gusting winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures.
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#MyrtleFire (formerly #SwiftFire)
Photos from Seattle FD on X on the scene of this vegetation fire: x.com/seattlefire/...
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#MyrtleFire (formerly #SwiftFire)
Final update from Watch Duty at 5:36pm: The fire is now under control and crews are extinguishing hot spots per the Seattle Fire Department on X.
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#SwiftFire 5:08pm Watch Duty Update: Multiple units have been released from the scene per radio traffic.
Note: This fire is now known as the #MyrtleFire
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#SwiftFire Per Seattle FD on X, the fire has now extended to at least one resident in the 2500 block of S. Myrtle St, with heavy smoke and the risk to threaten more homes in the vicinity. Flames can be seen from Boeing Field.
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#SwiftFire Screenshot below from a video taken near what appears to be Boeing Field to the west of this fast moving vegetation fire. Still a 3-alarm fire, threatening residential neighborhoods east of I-5
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#SwiftFire This fire is burning directly alongside I-5 northbound near Boeing Field, with first responders blocking the right two lanes.
Another angle of the fire can be seen on WSDOT’s S Willow St camera wsdot.com/Travel/Real-...
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#SwiftFire Per Watch Duty, there is a vegetation fire south of downtown Seattle that is threatening structures. A 3rd alarm has been called as the fire moves north, spurred on by gusting winds. Smoke and first responders can be seen via WSDOT camera: https://wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/?featuretype=camera&featureid=9512
#SwiftFire Per Watch Duty, there is a vegetation fire south of downtown Seattle that is threatening structures. A 3rd alarm has been called as the fire moves north, spurred on by gusting winds. Smoke and first responders can be seen via WSDOT camera: https://wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/?featuretype=camera&featureid=9512
#SwiftFire Per Watch Duty, there is a vegetation fire south of downtown Seattle that is threatening structures. A 3rd alarm has been called as the fire moves north, spurred on by gusting winds. Smoke and first responders can be seen via WSDOT camera: https://wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/?featuretype=camera&featureid=9512
#SwiftFire Per Watch Duty, there is a vegetation fire south of downtown Seattle that is threatening structures. A 3rd alarm has been called as the fire moves north, spurred on by gusting winds. Smoke and first responders can be seen via WSDOT camera: https://wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/?featuretype=camera&featureid=9512
#SwiftFire Per Watch Duty, there is a vegetation fire south of downtown Seattle that is threatening structures. A 3rd alarm has been called as the fire moves north, spurred on by gusting winds. Smoke and first responders can be seen via WSDOT camera: wsdot.com/Travel/Real-...
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