fire danger

Chelan County is proposing changes to the two fire hazard zone restriction plan. The county maintains different restrictions in the lower and drier Valley Zone from the higher elevated and moister Mountain Zone. County Commissioner Shon Smith says that among the proposed revisions are changes to when the restrictions are implemented, camp fires and outdoor burning and vehicle access...

There'll be a cool down from 90 plus degree weather Saturday into Sunday, but humidity will be in the teens all the way through the weekend.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has increased the fire danger rating for the Upper Basin Fire Danger Rating Area, which includes Grant and Douglas County, to extreme. It joins the Lower Basin Rating Area which also included Grant County, but extended through Yakima down into Benton and Franklin Counties and along the Columbia River ...

Washington State DNR is raising the fire danger level to high in most of Chelan and Douglas Counties and to very high in Grant, Kittitas and counties south of I-90 to the state border. All outdoor burning is banned on DNR lands. The WDFW is restricting campfires and other activities that might cause a fire on their lands beginning today ...

Chelan County is raising the fire danger from moderate to high. Public Works crews will soon be putting signs on county roads with the change. County Fire Marshal Bob Plumb says it was a consensus among many agencies. "It restricts campfires to designated campgrounds and fire rings...

The National Weather Service says the current fire danger in Grant County is high, while Chelan County is in the moderate danger category. Five counties, mostly in Southeastern Washington currently have high fire dangers. The National Weather Service says there is a lot of dry grass and brush that is ready to burn and they strongly urge everyone be cautious...