First of the season 100+ acre wildland fire burns near Oroville

Wannacut Fire burning southeast or Oroville

A wind driven wildland fire in north Okanogan County has grown to over 100 acres southeast of Oroville, west of highway 97. The fire was first reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday.

One air tanker and two helicopters fought the fire from above late Wednesday and will reportedly continue the air attack Thursday.

A Level 1 advisory has been issued for a few residents in the area of East Wannacut Lane at Wannacut Lake.

No structures are threatened and no injuries have been reported.

Okanogan County Emergency Management will be monitoring the situation and you can obtain updates on their Facebook page or at okanogancounty.org.

Wannacut wildland fire from British Columbia, Canada. Photo courtesy: Ard de Goede.