Historically high fire activity in Washington State
7/3/2021 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
AFFECTED AREAS:
Washington
Start Date: 1/1/2021
- End Date: 7/1/2021
Since the start of the year, the Washington Department of Natural Resources responded to 899 fires that blackened 1,864 acres, with most of the blazes occurring in eastern Washington.
SeattlePI.com (Wash.), July 1, 2021
Washington state firefighters responded to 475 fires on public land since the start of 2021, in comparison with 318 blazes at this time last year, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
Los Angeles Times (Calif.), June 19, 2021
Since the start of 2021, Washington State firefighters have responded to at least 410 fires on state lands, according to the state Public Lands commissioner. She described the fire activity as “the highest number of year-to-date fires in our history.”
Spokane Spokesman-Review (Wash.), June 14, 2021
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