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Entiat Fire
« on: July 06, 2012, 08:32:10 AM »
Just saw this story this morning.  Hopefully they get it fully contained.
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Wildfire-near-Lake-Chelan-Friday-161555675.html

by KING 5 News


Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:36 AM

 Updated today at 7:35 AM


A wildfire that sparked Thursday near Lake Chelan increased to 200 acres Friday.
 
The fire is burning around Navarre Coulee Road in the town of Entiat, about 12 miles southwest of Lake Chelan State Park.
 
Tony Gilmer with the Washington Department of Natural Resources Southeast Region estimated firefighters have a perimeter around about 40 percent of the fire.
 
The Wenatchee World reports 33 homes in the area are under differing levels of evacuations, depending on their proximity to the fire.

In addition, Navarre Coulee Road remains closed and there are boating restrictions on the Columbia River where helicopters are picking up water.
 
Highway 97A from the Columbia River west to Lake Chelan will have restricted access throughout the day.
 
New pictures of the fire, taken by viewer David DeVorkin, show firefighters working on steep hills covered in dry grass, brush, and sparse timber.
 
Thursday, the fire threatened to evacuate some of the area's residents.
 
The high temperature is forecast in the upper 90s Friday and over 100 on Saturday and Sunday.
 
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2012, 09:37:42 AM »
The fire is burning around the Navarre Coulee road in the town of Entiat?   :lol4:  Gotta love the wetside news knowledge about the dryside.

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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2012, 09:48:51 AM »
The fire is burning around the Navarre Coulee road in the town of Entiat?   :lol4:  Gotta love the wetside news knowledge about the dryside.

 :yeah:  The dumb sh!ts can't even look on a map to verify their story.  The fire is probably closer to Entiat than Chelan, but Navarre Coulee is nowhere near the Town of Entiat.
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2012, 09:50:42 AM »
Come on man give us some details if you have them.  200 acres is relatively small compared to the fires in the last few years. If it is on the rolling hills it is probably easy to contain, unless it is windy and if it is in the steep and deep stuff that gets trickier.  What are you hearing about the real story?
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2012, 10:13:46 AM »
Hope they contain it before someone looses a home
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2012, 10:46:28 AM »
Hope they contain it before someone looses a home
For sure, I have a cabin next to DNR and Forest service land and we have been told that the fire fighters are only responsible for protecting the forest and not personal property.  They do however try to keep the homes from burning because they are actually a hotter longer burning fire once ignited than the trees are.  In essence if they can keep the house from catching fire they have a better chance of saving more trees.

Still not a fun place to be if your house is in the line of the fire.  Especially with the winds they get over there, you can be in the clear one minute and in the direct path the next minute.

Hopefully they will get it contained and be able to keep it contained.

Last year near our place a small 1-2 acre fire broke out and they had to keep guys posted there for a week afterwards because the winds kept kicking up and getting the fire going again.
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2012, 10:48:51 AM »
Last I heard, the fire quieted down last night at 250 acres.  I haven't been up Navarre Coulee in a while, but except for a small area at the bottom, it's steep hillsides.  Tough place to fight a wildfire.  Hot weather is here, and the fire season is beginning!
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2012, 11:04:49 AM »
Last I heard, the fire quieted down last night at 250 acres.  I haven't been up Navarre Coulee in a while, but except for a small area at the bottom, it's steep hillsides.  Tough place to fight a wildfire.  Hot weather is here, and the fire season is beginning!
Thanks for the update, hopefully they keep it under control.  Any word on how it started?  The one next to us last year was kids shooting off fireworks.  It was too dry in the valley so they moved up to the National Forest to shoot off the fireworks  :yike: morons.  :bash:
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2012, 11:34:04 AM »
Haven't heard on a cause yet.  When they determine the cause, no doubt it will be something stupid!
Last year a friend who lives up Mission Creek in Cashmere had to run down to a neighbor's property to help put out a fire caused by morons shooting fireworks near dry brush.
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2012, 11:43:36 AM »
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2012, 02:15:26 PM »
The fire is south of Johnson Creek and west of Davis Canyon T27N R21E Section 28.
It is burning along the Navarre Coulee road.
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2012, 02:17:02 PM »
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2012, 06:19:33 PM »
Now called the "Navarre Fire", just heard on the radio that with the heat of the day, the fire has grown to an estimated 300 acres, but is moving south away from residences.  One helicopter that was dropping water has been sent to a new fire near Ellensburg called the Wenas Fire.
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2012, 06:23:16 PM »
Now called the "Navarre Fire", just heard on the radio that with the heat of the day, the fire has grown to an estimated 300 acres, but is moving south away from residences.  One helicopter that was dropping water has been sent to a new fire near Ellensburg called the Wenas Fire.

Wenas Fire! :bash:  that sucks any other info. on that one? :dunno:
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Re: Entiat Fire
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2012, 06:39:24 PM »
Now called the "Navarre Fire", just heard on the radio that with the heat of the day, the fire has grown to an estimated 300 acres, but is moving south away from residences.  One helicopter that was dropping water has been sent to a new fire near Ellensburg called the Wenas Fire.

Wenas Fire! :bash:  that sucks any other info. on that one? :dunno:

Sorry, no.  Just heard that it was a new one, and one of the choppers has been sent there to help.  Hope they get it stopped before it can go too far!
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