FIRE REPORT: Pioneer, Cold Creek fires increase
A helicopter with a bucket dips water from Lake Chelan to drop on the Pioneer Fire Tuesday. The fire is burning on steep slopes adjacent to the lake.
COURTESY PHOTO/WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MOSES LAKE — The Pioneer Fire on the shore of Lake Chelan about 30 miles northwest of Wenatchee had almost tripled in size Thursday, swelling from 600 acres to 1,756 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The cause of the fire was still undetermined. The estimated cost of suppressing the fire was $10 million.
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