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Posted: Sep 9, 2018

Fires started by lightning cause level 2 evacuations in Kittitas County

The lightening storm that passed through Kittitas County Friday evening started two fires on U.S. Forest Service lands near Blewett Pass. Approximately 25 acres are burning to the east of Forest Road 9714 and 5-10 acres are burning to the west of Forest Road 9714. Level 2 evacuations are underway for homes 0.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2018 7:44:44 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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Posted: Sep 9, 2018

Chief Brad Creesy retiring after more than 35 years with the San Juan Island Fire Department

After more than 35 years with the department, San Juan Island Fire Chief Brad Creesy is retiring at the end of October. The community is invited to an evening reception to meet the five finalists being considered for the position. This informal meet and greet opportunity will take place from from 5-7 p.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2018 6:07:26 PM - SOURCE: San Juan Islander
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Posted: Sep 9, 2018

Brush fire in Buckley destroys barn, threatens multiple homes

A 12-acre brush fire in Buckley came dangerously close to taking out a few homes. At least seven different fire agencies responded to the large brush fire just before 2 p.m. on Sunday. A helicopter flying overhead making water drops is not the typical Sunday afternoon in this Buckley neighborhood. “Yeah, I know.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2018 3:49:59 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Sep 9, 2018

Wildfire burns at Hanford nuclear reservation

A wildfire burned an estimated 3,000 acres on the Hanford nuclear reservation early Saturday morning, and a larger fire was burning uncontained on Saddle Mountain. The nuclear reservation fire burned to the east of Highway 240 in the southern end of Hanford, said Rae Moss, spokeswoman for Hanford contractor Mission Support Alliance.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2018 11:12:37 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Pine-Strawberry (AZ) Truck Returns Home, Dispatched To Another California Fire Within Hours
Pine-Strawberry (AZ) Truck Returns Home, Dispatched To Another California Fire Within Hours
Posted: Sep 7, 2018

Pine-Strawberry (AZ) Truck Returns Home, Dispatched To Another California Fire Within Hours

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While the wildfire season in Arizona has slowed thanks to monsoonal-driven storms, things are still burning wildly in parts of California. The Pine-Strawberry Fire District's house-built wildland fire truck returned home from five weeks of firefighting duty on the Inyo Fire and within hours was dispatched to another fire in California.

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The Pine-Strawberry Fire District’s house-built wildland fire truck returned home from five weeks of firefighting duty on the Inyo Fire and within hours was dispatched to another fire in California.

The truck and crew are now assigned to the Ferguson Fire in the Sierra National Forest north of the Yosemite. It is one of the three largest fires burning in the state, said Fire Chief Gary Morris.

Firefighters are using the district’s new wildland fire truck, a 2017 Dodge 5500 crew cab that is outfitted with a 500-gallon water tank along with a 250-gallon-per-minute pump.

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