Little Giant Fire Evacuation Levels Explained For Chelan County

UPDATE: 3PM Saturday, July 25th

Chelan County Emergency Management Evacuation Orders

Trinity - Level 3 Evacuation (Get Out Now!): All of the Trinity area to Twin Creek Road (Forest Service Road 6209)

Trinity - Level 2 Evacuation (Be Prepared to Leave): Twin Creek Road (Forest Service Road 6209) to Meadow Creek (Forest Service Road 6300) including Goose Creek Flat

Trinity - Level 1 Fire Advisory (Stay Alert): Meadow Creek (Forest Service Road 6300) to south of Fish Lake at Chiwawa Loop Road. This includes Pole Ridge (Forest Service Road 6305)

Entiat Valley - Level 2 Evacuation (Be Prepared to Leave): Entiat Valley Road (Forest Service Road 5100) from the Entiat Sno-Park to Cottonwood (Forest Service Road 5100-124) including Myrtle Lake area.

Entiat Valley - Level 1 Fire Advisory (Stay Alert): Entiat Valley Road from the Entiat Sno-Park to Stormy Creek Road (Forest Service Road 5395)

ORIGINAL POST

The Little Giant Fire, burning 30 miles northwest of Leavenworth in the Chiwawa River drainage. grew significantly on Friday. Fire officials expect significant additional growth of several thousand acres on Saturday

The fire is 16,800+ acres, according to perimeter maps on the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and Watch Duty

Officials with a U.S. Forest Type 3 Incident Management Team say the blaze has grown from just under 7,600 acres as of Friday. The containment level is zero as of July 25th. It was sparked by a lightning strike last Wednesday.

Work continues along the Community Protection Line (6300 Rd) towards Twin Lakes and Chiwawa Ridge with the removal of vegetation. At Huckleberry Flats a crew is engaging in structure protection and removing fuels. The Trinity mine site has been prepared for structural protection.