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Wildfire in Lower Garfield & Asotin, Washington

Wildfire August 16, 2020 – August 20, 2020 · Lower Garfield & Asotin, Washington

$15K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Pullman Radio reported that the Chief Timothy Wildfire started when a motorhome traveling along the Snake River caught fire. There were no injuries.

The wider storm

The Chief Timothy Wildfire was located 5 miles west of Clarkston, WA in the Snake River Canyon. It burned a total 1,400 acres of rangeland and no structures were threatened. The cost of firefighting resources to contain the blaze was estimated at 339,000 dollars.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 914042. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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