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Here are the wildfires we're tracking across Washington state

Here's what we know about each active fire in Eastern Washington.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Several fires are burning across the state of Washington, prompting various responses from state emergency management crews.

Below you will find details on each fire.

Mohr Canyon Fire

Credit: Grant County Fire District 13
  • Location: Douglas County, Wash,
  • Date started: Aug. 8, 2022 
  • Acres burned: 3,600
  • Containment: Unknown
  • Current evacuations: Level 1 evacuations for Wagon Road and Palisades Road, near Waterville.
  • Cause of fire: Under investigation

For more information, click here.

Riparia Fire

Credit: Whitman County Sheriff's Office
  • Location:  Near Ridpath Road south of Hay 
  • Date started: August 4, 2022 
  • Acres burned: 5,680
  • Containment: 100%
  • Current evacuations: No evacuations
  • Cause of fire: Under investigation

For more information, click here.

Lind Fire

Credit: Adams County Sheriff's Office
  • Location: 3 miles south of Lind
  • Date started: August 4, 2022, 11:45 a.m.
  • Acres burned: 2,000
  • Containment: 100%
  • Current evacuations: No evacuations
  • Cause of fire: Under investigation

For more information, click here.

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Williams Lake Fire

Credit: Kyle Simchuk/KREM
Williams Lake Fire.
  • Location: Williams Lake Road in Cheney
  • Date started: August 3, 2022, 2:34 p.m.
  • Acres burned: 1,868
  • Containment: 80%
  • Current evacuations: No evacuations
  • Cause of fire: Under investigation

For more information, click here.

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Vantage Highway Fire

Credit: Central Washington Fire Information
  • Location: Near Vantage Highway in Kittitas County
  • Date started: August 1, 2022
  • Acres burned: 32,284
  • Containment: 75%
  • Current evacuations: No evacuations
  • Cause of fire: Undetermined

For more information, click here.

Cow Canyon Fire

Credit: Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources
Cow Fire.
  • Location: 12 miles southwest of Ellensburg
  • Date started: August 3, 2022, 2:45 p.m. 
  • Acres burned: 5,746
  • Containment: 30%
  • Current evacuations: A level 1 evacuation is in place for 1.5-mile radius from Malloy Road and North Wenas Road. 
  • Cause of fire: Under investigation

 

White River Fire

  • Location: Sears Creek area of the White River drainage, approximately 14 miles northwest of Plain
  • Date started: August 11, 2022,
  • Acres burned: 516
  • Containment: 0%
  • Current evacuations: Level 3 Evacuations for Sears Creek Road, Level 2 Evacuations for White River Road
  • Cause of fire: Lightning 

For more information click here.

Credit: U.S. Forest Service - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Irving Peak Fire

  • Location: Approximately 16 miles northwest of Plain 
  • Date started: August 11, 2022,
  • Acres burned: 160
  • Containment: 0%
  • Current evacuations:  Level 1 Evacuations for Little Wenatchee Road 
  • Cause of fire: Lightning  

For more information click here.

Credit: U.S. Forest Service - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

    

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