A scooper plane drops water on the north side of the Rattlesnake Fire on Sept. 7. The fire is the largest one in Washington at around 17,700 acres as of Monday with 5% containment.
September 8, 2025
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September 8, 2025 4:40 p.m.
Nearly 80,500 acres burning in WA on Monday
MOSES LAKE — Washington’s fire season is heating up with nearly 80,500 acres burning across the state as of Monday. “Part of the reason that you are seeing a lot of those large fires on the landscape is because we had several lightning storms that moved through during red flag conditions,” Department of Natural Resources Public Information Officer Ryan Rodruck said. Despite this, the fire season is still under the 10-year average of about 470,000 acres with the state sitting at around 122,300 acres this year.