brush fire

Fire crews contained a brush fire in the Derby Canyon area Friday night. Chelan County Fire District #6 Chief Andy Lee says the fire started due to high winds in an escaped burn pile. He adds the property owner did everything right and had water on hand, but dryer than normal conditions and high winds started the blaze...

A wildfire in the Derby Canyon forced three alarms as of 6 p.m. Friday. Chelan County Fire District #6 Chief Andy Lee says there is currently no threat to private residences, but the blaze is threatening power lines and orchards in the area of the 900 block of Derby Canyon Road...

A Grant County man is behind bars after police say he intentionally set a fire near Soap Lake on Wednesday night. Officials with Grant County Fire District No. 7 say crews responded at around 7:45 p.m. to reports of a brush fire in the 2200 block of Road 20 Northeast...

Update 5:28 p.m.: According to Chelan County Emergency Management, the Wynnie Fire is waning in intensity: "All fire evacuation levels have been lowered to a Level 1 advisory. Firefighters have been able to stop the progression of the fire and establish a fire line around it." Howe...

Concertgoers at the Gorge Amphitheater near George had to be evacuated from the venue due to severe weather and a wildfire over the weekend. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says it happened during a concert featuring country musician, Tyler Childers, late Friday afternoon...

Crews from four different agencies responded to a brush fire in the Cashmere area early Wednesday. The blaze was reported at around 4:30 a.m. in the Nahahum Canyon area where it blackened just over an acre and prompted Level 1 evacuation notices for several homes before being brought under control...

The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department (WVFD) responded to a vehicle fire involving a U.S. Postal Service delivery truck on Tuesday morning. Crews were called to scene at around 11:30 a.m. on Squilchuck Road, where Fire Chief Brian Brett says they found more than just the mail truck ablaze...

The fire burned about six acres according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office, leading to the closure of SR 17 at U.S. Hwy 2.

Deputies say the fire originated at the Ephrata Gun Range and spread eastward to the edge of SR17 by 6pm.

The fire grew quickly after igniting late Monday night on just a few acres during high winds.