FIRE REPORT: Multiple large fires burning in WA, local incidents quickly controlled

Flames from the Pioneer fire clearly visible coming from a mountaintop near Lake Chelan. The fire is in rough terrain making it difficult to fight.
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A fishing boat shuttles firefighters across Lake Chelan to fight the Pioneer fire.

by R. HANS MILLER
Managing Editor | July 1, 2024 12:35 AM

CHELAN — The largest wildfire burning in Washington as of Saturday afternoon was the Pioneer fire which had burned about 4,700 acres on the eastern shore of Lake Chelan, near the Cascade Creek Hike-in Campground.

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