Incident Summary | A wildfire burning in the Saddle Mountains which is north / northwest of Mattawa (Grant County), Washington (State).
Current Fire Status | The fire has destroyed approximately 5,000 acres and is still growing. There is a 0% containment status. Aircraft is dipping from the Columbia River.
Resources | Originally fire personnel and assets dispatched at 1238 hours today were: AA-10F CREW-22 CREW-33 CREW-6201 CREW-74 E-6696 BLM E-672 E-852 FB-205 FB-244 SE-463 SE-539.
WA State Fire Marshal has approved WA STATE MOBILIZATION.
Evacuations | A new alert was given by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office (1820 hours) Deputies will be going door-to-door to make sure residents and guests are leaving the area. Do not delay. This is an escalated and serious level of evacuation orders. This means that your safety is at risk and staying could put others in danger of having to rescue, extricate or provide EMS services.
Fire Weather | As the time of this post, fire weather in Mattawa was 82* F temps, sunny skies with winds at 13 mph and humidity down to 24%. Temps are forcasted to dip down to a low temp of 65* F.
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GO NOW:
- 23000 block Road O SW, P SW, Q SW, R SW (Level 3)
Power infrastructure threatened.
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