Eight large fires continue to burn in Washington

Rebecca Pettingill, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash.
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Sep. 20—WASHINGTON — There are eight large fires in Washington according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center as of Sept. 20. The site defines a large fire as any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater, and 300 acres or greater in grasslands/rangelands, or has an Incident Management Team assigned to it.

The eight fires found on the Northwest Large Fire Interactive Web Map are:

* Boulder Mountain: 9 miles northwest of Cusick, started on Aug. 31, 74% contained, 2,310 acres burned

* Minnow Ridge: Located 25 miles north of Wenatchee, started on Sept. 10, 0% contained, 700 acres burned

* White River: Located 14 miles northwest of Plains, started on Aug. 11, 10% contained, 3,400 acres burned

* Bolt Creek: Located 37 miles east of Seattle, Started on Sept. 10, 90% contained, 10,095 acres burned

* Goat Rocks: Located 7 miles east of Packwood, started on Aug. 9, 0% contained, 3,338 acres burned

* Kalama: Located 27 miles northeast of Kalama, started on Sept. 1, 5% contained, 215 acres burned

* NW Pasayten Complex: Located 56 miles northeast of Concrete, started on Sept. 6, 0% contained, 20,538 acres burned

* Chilliwack Complex: Located 33 miles northwest of Concrete, started on Sept. 1, 0% contained, 8,910 acres burned