fireworks

Fireworks will be allowed in many areas of North Central Washington on New Year's Eve this year. In Chelan County, fireworks are permissible for discharge between 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 and 1 a.m. on Jan. 1. Spokesperson, Jill FitzSimmons, says that window applies to all unincorporated areas of the county with one important stipulation...

Use of fireworks is banned as of this year in both Wenatchee and East Wenatchee.

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Forest Service firefighters were stretched thin recently when out of control campfires interfered with their response to an outbreak of lightning caused fires.

This year's Independence Day celebration marks the first in the City of East Wenatchee's 87-year history that will not include fireworks. Last year, the East Wenatchee City Council passed a resolution prohibiting the discharge and sale of personal-use fireworks within city limits...

The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department responded to a fire in the 3100 block of Sunset Highway in East Wenatchee on Monday afternoon. Spokesperson Kay McKellar says the blaze was called in around 3:45 by one of the department's own brethren...

The Appellate brief mentioned that one of the calls reported that an off-duty officer “recommended letting callers know that the fireworks would be over soon,” rather than citing GCC noise violations.

Kay McKellar of Chelan County Fire District 1 and Douglas County Fire District 2 says the public needs to be careful with fireworks and exercise more caution.

The Chelan County Fire Marshal is reminding residents that personal fireworks are banned this summer for everyone living in or outside the cities of Cashmere, Wenatchee, and Leavenworth.

Forest Service officials have banned campfires due to the rapidly changing conditions over the past week with the heatwave. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Public Affairs Officer Robin Demario says they are experiencing high fire danger conditions ...