chelan county fire district 3

The flames from the fire were at their peak at 3am when the middle of the roof fell in.

The fire response was reportedly lighter than normal due to some area resources being used for fire suppression in other parts of the country.

A small woodshed is destroyed after a fire on Dempsey Road in Leavenworth Friday evening. Chelan County Fire District 3 Deputy Chief Dave Nalle said the homeowner had previously cleaned out their wood stove and put the ashes into a metal bucket ...

A brush fire crept through a portion of Blackbird Island in Leavenworth Wednesday afternoon, scorching about a tenth of an acre and shutting down both the island and nearby streets at one point. Chelan County Fire District 3 Assistant Fire Chief Glenn Brautaset said crews couldn't drive any heavy equipment onto the island, so firefighters instead had to hike in all their pumps, tools, hoses and ot

Crews from Chelan County Fire District 3 and the DNR responded to a brush fire near the 11600 block of North Road in Leavenworth Monday afternoon. Chief Kelly O'Brien says the 1/4 acre fire was located on a steep slope in heavy vegetation between an orchard road and Chumstick Creek ...

The weekend saw citizens stepping into the role of hero over the weekend. On Friday, two Leavenworth-area teenagers rescued a man from the river. Chelan County Fire District 3 says Bijou Zehm and Anna Martinez saw a man struggling in the river and were able to team up and bring him to shore ...

Four outbuildings were lost in a fire up Nahahum Canyon in Cashmere Wednesday. Chelan County Fire District 6 Chief Phil Mosher says when crews arrived, a fairly large structure was fully involved in flames. "That extended to a pumphouse, and another shed, and another good-sized outbuilding ...

Chelan County Fire District 3 says that in response to the concerns over Covid-19, they are postponing the memorial service for Kimiko Nalle which was originally scheduled for Saturday. The ceremony will now take place Saturday, October 3rd ...

Tragedy struck the local fire community Thursday night after 46-year-old Kimiko Nalle of Peshastin was discovered buried under three feet of snow next to her house by her husband around 5:45 pm. Chelan County Fire District 3 PIO Annie Schmidt said Nalle had been suddenly buried by snow that had fallen from her roof...

Leavenworth residents should be aware that Wednesday, October 23, the city will be conducting a prescribed controlled burn on the city owned land adjacent to Mountain View Cemetery. The controlled burn is permitted under the Department of Ecology and Chelan County Fire District No...