Evacuations ordered as Sugarloaf fire more than quadruples in size

Lower Sugarloaf Fire. View from River Road in Plain. Photo courtesy: Whitney Bean.

The Lower Sugarloaf Fire, in the Glacier Peaks Wilderness has more than quadrupled in size in the past 24 hours.

A check from the air overnight on the fire, burning west of Entiat, north of Leavenworth, shows it has consumed an estimated 4,004 acres.

Chelan County Emergency Management has issued a ‘go now’ evacuation order for Mad River Road within Ardenvoir. A ‘get ready’ evacuation advisory for the Upper Chumstick Highway, Merry Canyon, Moon Canyon, Second Creek, Dry Creek, and along Little Chumstick.

Lower Sugarloaf Fire. View from Natapoc Ridge, Sept. 3. Photo courtesy: Brendan Magee.

Emergency Management on Facebook or on the agency’s website provides updated information.

Chelan County Emergency Management on Facebook here.

For information on other wild land fires burning in the region:

Douglas County Sheriff's Office here.

Okanogan County Emergency Management here.

Signup for mobile phone real-time alerts and wildfire maps here.

Wild land fire burning west of Entiat glows in the evening cloud cover. View from Highpoint Place. Photo courtesy: Brandi Simpson.