Mosquito fire grows past 50,000 acres in ‘historically dry’ brush as another blaze ignites west of Tahoe.
The National Guard has been mobilized in response to the growing wildfire threat in northern California.
On Wednesday, the second-largest wildfire in Washington state added nearly 50,000 acres to its previous high for an entire day.
The fire that started around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday is now burning east of the city of Moses Lake.
There were no serious injuries and no deaths, according to the Snohomish County Public Health Commission.
The fire in Washington state is now burning east of the city of Moses Lake
Firefighters are still working to keep the fires from spreading to the town of Moses Lake where more than 50,000 people live.
Officials announced they will be using helicopters to battle the fires that have started around midnight in the Cascades, a stretch of forest near the city of Wenatchee, Wash.
This is the second-largest wildfire in Washington state for several days. The Waldo Canyon fire started Monday.
The fire that started on Wednesday is now burning east of the city of Moses Lake, and has grown to be about 50,000 acres
The fires in Washington and Oregon are the third and fourth largest fires in Washington history, based on historical data, according to The U.S. Geological Survey
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources said in a statement on Wednesday that ‘tremendous’ amounts of embers were being carried by wind into the Cascades, prompting officials to ask for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
‘Tremendous’ amounts of embers were being carried by wind into the Cascades, prompting officials to ask for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The Cascades National Monument is a section of wilderness area that encompasses around 7,700 square miles in the Olympic Mountains in the Central Cascades, according to the official national monument website.
The monument is a ‘keystone of our National Park System’ and
