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Leavenworth area lightening sparked fire grows; get ready advisory issued overnight



Wildland fire lights up the late night landscape, Sept. 2, northeast of Leavenworth. Photo courtesy: U.S. Forest Service camera at Natapoc Ridge.
Wildland fire lights up the late night landscape, Sept. 2, northeast of Leavenworth. Photo courtesy: U.S. Forest Service camera at Natapoc Ridge.

UPDATE 2:00 p.m. Wednesday:

The latest reconnaissance on the largest area wild land fire, burning west of Entiat, north of Leavenworth, shows the Lower Sugarloaf Fire has consumed an estimated 3,598 acres, as of midday Wednesday.

Chelan County Emergency Management has issued a ‘get set’ evacuation advisory for Merry Canyon, Second Creek, Dry Creek, Little Chumstick and Moon Canyon.


ORIGINAL POST:

Several lightening sparked, one in particular, north of Leavenworth, continue to be a concern.


Firefighters were spot on in predicting that one of the newest lightening-sparked fires was taking off. An estimated 861 acres burned as of Tuesday night, 12 miles northeast of Leavenworth. The Lower Sugarloaf Fire has caused a level one, 'get ready' advisory for residents along Merry Canyon Rd., Little Chumstick Rd. and Fish Pond Lane.


Elsewhere in the region, Watch Duty reports:

  • Martin Fire, west of Lake Chelan, 132 acres, continues under a 'get set' evacuation order for Holden Village.

  • Valley Hi is no longer in evacuation advisory. Allen Creek Fire, 10 acres.

  • Labor Mountain Fire, west of highway 97, north of Forest Service Road 9703 along Standup Creek in Kittitas County, 125 acres.

  • Mission Ridge Fire, northwest of Mission Peak, 3.5 acres.

  • Road J Fire, 400 acres, burning west of highway 17, northwest of Lenore Lake, southwest of Coulee City.


Chelan County Emergency Management on Facebook here.


Douglas County Sheriff's Office here.


Okanogan County Emergency Management here.


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