West Hallett fire gets costlier, other fires burning across Washington
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 7 months AGO
A plane drops retardant on the West Hallett fire near Spokane.
Courtesy photo/Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | August 2, 2023 5:00 PM
SPOKANE — The acreage of the West Hallett fire, located along Spokane-Cheney Road just southwest of Spokane, had been re-estimated at 155 acres Wednesday after remapping showed it to be smaller than the 200 acres previously reported. The estimated cost, however, had grown to $300,000 so far, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The fire was still 0% contained.
These wildfires were also burning in Washington as of Wednesday, according to the NIFC:
• I-5 Milepost 206, about 10 miles north of Everett: 16 acres. Fire discovered Aug. 1. Containment and cost information not available.
• Beaver Valley, about 33 miles southeast of Port Angeles: 3 acres. Fire discovered Aug. 1. Fire discovered July 31. Containment and cost information not available.
• Eagle Bluff, on the Canadian border outside Oroville: 15,726 acres. 10% contained. Costs estimated at $4,900,000.
• Marcus, about 3 miles north of Kettle Falls: 2 acres. Fire discovered Aug. 1. Containment and cost information not available.
• Gold Hill, about 3 miles north of Kettle Falls: 4.2 acres. Fire discovered Aug. 1. Containment and cost information not available.
• NS-198, about 56 miles west of Yakima: 2 acres. Fire discovered July 31. Containment and cost information not available.
• Sourdough, about 60 miles east of Bellingham: 25 acres. Fire discovered July 29. 0% contained. Costs estimated at $4,000,000.
• Austin Road, 6700 block of North Austin Road, Spokane: 1 acre. Fire discovered July 30. Containment and cost information not available.
• Pine Hollow, about 8 miles west of Yakima: 30 acres. Fire discovered July 31. Containment and cost information not available.
• NS-197, Vancouver: 1.5 acres. Fire discovered July 31. Containment and cost information not available.
• Katie Lane, about 6 miles southeast of Spokane: 12.4 acres. Fire discovered July 30. Containment and cost information not available.
• NS-193, about 15 miles north of Vancouver: 1.5 acres. Fire discovered July 30. Containment and cost information not available.
• Wawawai, about 5 miles west of Pullman: 526 acres. 99% contained. Fire discovered July 24. Costs estimated at $357,253.
• Newell Road, about 17 miles east of Goldendale: 60,551 acres. Fire discovered July 21. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $9,900,000.
• Consalus, about 20 miles north of Newport: 475 acres. Fire discovered June 30. 70% contained. Costs estimated at $10,000,000.
• Airplane Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Chelan: 25 acres. Fire discovered July 7. 0% contained. Costs estimated at $50,000.
• Badger, about five miles northeast of Wenatchee. 473 acres. Fire discovered July 20. 100% contained. Costs estimated at $820,000.
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