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Lake Wenatchee Fire and Rescue (LWFR) is one of the fire districts in the state to receive a Department of Natural Resources surplus wildland brush engine at no cost. The selection process to receive an engine is based on fire districts that demonstrate a strong partnership with the DNR and also the community's risk with wildland fires...

Tuesday afternoon at approximately 1:05 dispatchers received a report for Okanogan County toning out for a field fire near Highway 20, about 4 miles west of Winthrop. The fire possibly was caused by a combine, according to lead operations dispatcher, Josh Gibbs, from Central Washington Interagency Communications Center...