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A fire burns along the Columbia River just north of Vantage earlier this year. While the Vantage fire is now out, several others continue to burn across the state.

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WA Fires continue into October
October 12, 2022 4:34 p.m.

WA Fires continue into October

WASHINGTON STATE — There are six large fires in Washington according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center as of Oct. 12. “It may be October, but it’s clear we’re not out of the woods when it comes to wildfire smoke and the dangers it can bring,” said Kaitlyn Kelly, Air Quality Policy Specialist in a release by the Washington Department of Health. The NICC defines a large fire as any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater, and 300 acres or greater in grasslands/rangelands, or that has an Incident Management Team assigned to it...