red apple fire

Unusually warm weather led to an early melt-off of snow, and the ground is drying out more quickly than normal because of continued above normal temperatures.

Update: 4:30 pm 7/20 The Red Apple Fire is now about 90% contained, with burnout operations needing to cool down before a new containment number can be assessed. According to the Department of Natural Resources, acreage remains unchanged at 12,228 acres ...

The city of East Wenatchee is asking boaters to stay away from planes scooping water from the Columbia River to battle the nearby brush fire. The planes have been a daily fixture flying overhead and then dipping onto the river between Wenatchee and East Wenatchee ...

Investigators now think the the Red Apple Fire north of Wenatchee was caused by an illegal burn. Chelan County Emergency Management and the Chelan Sheriff's Office joined federal investigators from the BLM to search a residence where the fire's believed to have started ...

Update 8:00 a.m. 7/16 The Red Apple Fire is at 11,000 acres with 10% containment as of Friday morning, however fire officials are expectant for that containment number to rise by Friday afternoon, early evening. No primary residence has been lost to the Red Apple Fire as of Friday morning, thanks to the emphasis on structure protection from firefighters ...

The Red Apple Fire near Wenatchee is now at 4,000 acres and climbing. It's set to be managed by a joint federal and Washington State team, which will arrive tomorrow ] evening at six. The Central Washington Interagency Communication Center is urging people to stay away from the area that stretches from Monitor and Sunnyslope over Burch Mountain Road, as well as into Swakane Canyon toward Highway 9

As of Wednesday morning, 234 homes in the Monitor and Sunnyslope area are threatened by a fire that could be widely viewed across the Wenatchee Valley overnight. CWICC Dispatch Manager Brant Stanger says resources are pouring in from across the state ...