Eight large fires continue to burn in Washington
A plane goes in to scoop up more water on the Columbia River to fight a fire near Vantage earlier this year. Smokiness from this year's fire season is starting to fade, but not all fires are out just yet.
R. HANS MILLER/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
There are eight wildfires currently burning in the state of Washington including two on the state's northern border with Canada. None of the fires are currently in the Columbia Basin, but smoke is still visible on the horizon from fires in the state.
WASHINGTON — There are eight large fires in Washington according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center as of Sept. 20. The site defines a large fire as any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater, and 300 acres or greater in grasslands/rangelands, or has an Incident Management Team assigned to it.
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