VIDEO: A wildfire burning in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest northwest of Leavenworth has grown to 51,000 acres. The Little Giant Fire is threatening 1,824 structures as more than 1,000 fire personnel work to contain it, according to fire officials.

Level 3 evacuations are in place for the Chiwawa and Tyee ridges and Chelan Mountains. Level 2 and 1 evacuations are in place south of those areas. The Little Giant Fire is one of a dozen burning in Washington state that KING 5 is tracking.

On Sunday, most of the new activity was on the east side of the fire’s perimeter. That included the fire burning along the shore of Lake Chelan, east of Grouse Mountain and northwest of Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park. Across the lake, crews are also battling a spot fire in steep, rugged terrain after the fire jumped the lake.

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VIDEO: The Washington State Department of Ecology issued an air quality alert through 5 p.m. Wednesday for King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties due to wildfire smoke. The view from a West Seattle fishing pier shows wildfires across the state have cast a wide haze over the city skyline.

“I was worried about the smoke coming out of Canada, but it’s really getting bad in eastern Washington,” Eleanor Mitchell from Seattle said. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is forecasting that by Tuesday, air quality would be considered unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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This wildfire season is shaping up to be one of the worst that Washington has ever seen.Three wildfires in Spokane County are still spreading rapidly as of Monday morning, and hundreds of people have already lost their homes and livelihoods.

Dave Upthegrove with the Department of Natural Resources confirmed on Monday that at least 700 homes have been destroyed, and more than 65,000 people have been evacuated. More evacuations are underway today as the fires progress with 0% containment.

About 900 firefighters are helping fight the fires in Spokane. DNR officials say they are from dozens of WA cities, more than a dozen states, and even Australia. Upthegrove said they are working around the clock to contain these fires.

Valley Professional Fire, which is based in the Auburn and Pacific area, and Central Pierce Fire are among the Western Washington crews sent over. Spokane is not the only area facing fire this week. “We have about 5,000 people responding to 15 major wildfires across Washington, and about a quarter million acres are currently burning,” Upthegrove said.

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