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Washington state declares an emergency for Walla Walla County as the Paradise Fire threatens the Mill Creek Watershed and the drinking water for 35,000 residents.
A new Goat Fire triggered Level 3 evacuations in Kittitas County's Cle Elum Valley Sunday, adding a third active wildfire to a stretch of the Cascades already fighting the Three Queens and King fires.
The Colwash Fire grew from 8,000 to more than 34,700 acres overnight, forcing new Level 3 evacuations south of Prosser, closing Highway 22, and pulling state resources already stretched thin by other Washington wildfires.
A vegetation fire near Toppenish grew from 30 acres to roughly 8,000 in twelve hours Saturday, triggering Level 3 evacuations across two counties amid Washington's worst wildfire season in a decade.
A wind-driven wildfire near Malden grew to nearly 2,000 acres Saturday, triggering a Level 3 evacuation of a town that lost 80% of its homes to the 2020 Babb Road Fire and has rebuilt barely a fifth of them since.
USDA froze $15 million in wildfire-prevention grants for Spokane-area communities over new DEI and immigration compliance terms. The money was released in July. The Old Trails Fire started Aug. 4.
Nine of Washington's ten House members and both senators are urging Trump to approve an emergency wildfire declaration, with the memory of a five-month delay for Malden hanging over the request.
A grass fire near Airway Heights grew to 3,500 acres in hours, jumping the Spokane River into city neighborhoods and prompting a statewide wildfire emergency, a burn ban through September, and Washington's first-ever "particularly dangerous situation" fire warning.
The Little Giant Fire has burned 28,393 acres with zero containment in Chelan County, prompting Level 3 evacuations as a Red Flag Warning tests its uncontained eastern flank.
The National Weather Service issued Washington's first-ever Particularly Dangerous Situation wildfire alert Saturday as 110 National Guard troops mobilize against a season already ahead of any year since 2021.
The Kaiser Canyon Fire has burned more than 126,000 acres near Nespelem, destroyed at least 20 homes, and cost the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation an estimated $11.1 million, with full containment not expected until August 15.