VIDEO: Western Washington’s mountain snowpack is running below normal, and state wildland fire experts say that could mean an earlier start to wildfire season and potentially more active conditions in the months ahead.

“Our seasonal snowpack was really poor this year, one of the worst that we’ve had in a while,” said Vaughn Cork, a fuels specialist with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

The KOMO 4-CAST team has been tracking the low snowpack, and DNR wildland fire management experts say reduced snowpack can be a key indicator for when fire season ramps up.

“The lower snowpack, the earlier the season tends to get going,” Cork said.

DNR is preparing for wildfires to potentially start erupting in central and eastern Washington in the next few weeks. Matthew Dehr, a DNR wildland fire meteorologist, said he is watching conditions closely as summer approaches.

“I’m concerned that as we get into June, our fuels are already going to be receptive to fire starts. That might be problematic for months into the future,” Dehr said.

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Crews battled a house fire in Cape Coral on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a home on Southwest 26th Place shortly after noon. They confirmed that vehicles and a large amount of ammunition stored inside were destroyed. Viewer-submitted footage from the scene shows smoke and flames pouring out of the home.

According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, no one was home at the time, and a neighbor called 911 after seeing that the garage was on fire. Fire officials said multiple vehicles were in the garage, and crews kept the fire from spreading to nearby homes.

Cape Coral Fire also said the home is not a total loss, the garage was the only place affected, and the inside of the home wasn’t touched. The Lee County Electric Cooperative shut down power to the home.

The fire left neighbors shaken but relieved that the fire did not spread to nearby homes or the house itself. “I heard like a pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, and I’m like, what?” said Laurie Edwalds, a neighbor who ran outside to investigate.

Edwalds was one of several neighbors who rushed outside to see what was happening at the home. “I was literally in tears thinking somebody is losing their home, my neighbor is losing their home. And it just, it was overwhelming. I did cry,” Edwalds said.

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