The wildfire that forced evacuations at Crystal Mountain Resort is now bigger than the city of Tacoma. Fire officials say the lightning-sparked Norse Peak Fire has grown to over 70 square miles and burned 45,433 acres on Thursday. Tacoma is 62 square miles in area. The fire was 8 percent contained as of Wednesday night.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: King5

As he stood along a recently cleared access road south of Archer Mountain, Chris Werner’s eyes remained glued to a few small flames that crackled as they danced on the forest floor about 10 feet away from him. “At any time, anything can happen,” he said. “You always have to be ready.” It’s tedious work, but Werner spent Wednesday keeping the flames from getting too high and spreading past the south line of the wildfire, which has grown to about 75 acres in the two days since it sparked from the Eagle Creek Fire raging in Oregon.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman-Review

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Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, Zephyr Cove, NV, 4x4 custom pumper. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX15 600-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene tank; 40-gallon foam cell.

Minne McClarron was suddenly awakened early Tuesday morning by a loud explosion and flames burning just feet from her Tacoma home. “By the time I got to my granddaughter’s bedroom, the whole house was glowing,” McClarron told KIRO 7 Wednesday. The 93-year old McClarron, who has owned her home on the corner of South 52nd and Fawcett Avenue since 1969, said the fire that scorched her front yard was not the first time homes near Stewart Middle School have apparently been targeted by a firebug.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2017 8:44:52 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7