Wildfire — East Columbia River Gorge, Washington

2015-08-04 to 2015-08-10 · East Columbia River Gorge, Washington

Event narrative

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Wider weather episode

The Highway 8 fire is burning in grassland and in various canyons approximately three miles north/northwest of Roosevelt, WA in Klickitat County. The fire was reported on August 4, 2015 at approximately 1:00pm (pacific time). Local firefighters, and landowners initially provided suppression efforts but the fire quickly grew due to the fuel type, dry conditions, hot temperatures, and strong wind. Southeast Washington Incident Management Team (Type III Team), took command and a state mobilization was put into place for additional resources. Due to the complexity of the incident, Washington Incident Team Three (Type II Team) is currently managing the fire. The team is still working closely with Klickitat Fire District 9, Klickitat Fire District 10, Klickitat Fire District 2 and other local agencies.

Klickitat County Sheriff's Office has evacuations in place as of August 8, 2015 and Klickitat County Office of Emergency Management has notified affected residents.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 587361. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.