VIDEO: As flames from the Little Giant Fire move closer to communities in Chelan County, people living in evacuation zones are deciding what to take, what to leave behind and how long they are willing to stay. “This is as bad as it gets,” resident Phil Roddy said.

The lightning-caused fire grew by more than 8,000 acres in 24 hours, reaching 59,345 acres Tuesday morning. It remained 0% contained. Evacuation orders are in place in parts of Chelan and Okanogan counties. No residents were reported evacuated in Tuesday morning’s official incident update, though people living in Level 3 zones were preparing to leave or had recently evacuated.

Susan Maas lives in a Level 3 evacuation zone near the south shore of Lake Chelan. She was preparing to leave while her husband planned to stay behind. “It’s really, really scary,” Maas said. “I mean, everything we worked for is here, and we retired, and this is our happy place. And for this to happen has just been such a sad thing.”

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Seattle Fire crews responded to a docked boat on fire in a Magnolia marina Tuesday night, according to the department. The incident is taking place in the 2600 block of West Marina Place and involved an approximately 30-foot power boat. A nearby boat was scorched, but the fire did not spread.

Flotation booms were placed around the impacted boat to prevent debris from spreading in the water, the department said. No injuries have been reported. Crews have extinguished the flames and also prevented the fire from spreading to several other boats. It’s not clear how the fire started. Seattle Fire is investigating.

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Pierce County prosecutors have charged a woman with first-degree arson and second-degree malicious mischief, alleging she set her former boyfriend’s car on fire in Tacoma and damaged a nearby home where four people were inside. Stephanie Marie Rideout was charged Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court. The state requested $150,000 bail.

The fire began around 11:39 p.m. on Saturday in a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra parked along South 53rd Street, according to court documents. The vehicle’s owner told police Rideout was his former girlfriend, that they have children together and that they were breaking up.

A witness said she stepped outside and saw Rideout near the burning car as flames reached a second-story window of the neighboring home. The witness told police a man grabbed a hose and tried to put out the fire, but Rideout attempted to stop him and yelled, “Let it burn.” The man eventually pulled Rideout away because he feared the car could explode, according to the court documents.

Another neighbor warned the people inside the house about the fire. Four residents evacuated before Tacoma firefighters arrived and extinguished the flames. Police said heat from the fire melted vinyl siding and a plastic electrical box on the house.

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VIDEO: Fire officials are reminding people not to fly drones over active fire zones as crews continue to fight several wildfires in Spokane County. The California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 says it saw 26 “private drone incursions” on Sunday over the area of the Old Trails Fire, which forces air resources to be grounded.

“Our pilot safety comes first,” said Tom Stokesberry, a fire official with California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 on Monday morning. “We don’t wanna have an airstrike with a drone that’s gonna put one of our pilots in danger.” Stokesberry says flying drones in a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) area is a violation of federal law and can result in a $10,000 fine.

“Please let our firefighters get in here and continue to suppress this fire from both the air and the ground,” Stokesberry said.

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UnityPoint Health Des Moines is upgrading its air medical fleet with three Bell 429 helicopters for ICU-level transport.

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