Red Apple Fire burning 9,000 acres in Chelan Co., threatens hundreds of homes KOMO News Staff
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A wildfire in Chelan County is threatening hundreds of homes Tuesday night as state efforts mobilize to combat the growing threat.
The Red Apple Fire began just before 7 p.m. Tuesday in Chelan County near Wenatchee. I said ‘Level 3? And he said Yup. And he handed me this red document, said homeowner Ben Hull, who was evacuated from his home early Wednesday morning. And I said So, we’re leaving now. And he said. Are you ready? And I said, We’ve got a go-bag, everything.
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Wildfires and smoke: Wednesday updates on major fires in WA, OR
Wednesday updates on Burbank Fire, Lick Creek Fire, Green Ridge Fire, Cedar Creek Fire, Varden Fire, Delancy Fire, and air quality
July 14, 2021 1:11 PM Matt Van Slyke
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KENNEWICK, Wash. We’re rounding up the latest information available midday Wednesday regarding wildfires, firefights, wind, smoke and air quality across Washington and northeast Oregon.
First, some good news: one large fire in our area is all but extinguished, and the smoke is moving out. However, the same wind clearing the air is making things tougher for firefighters.
RED FLAG WARNING: 3 p.m. Wednesday through 11 p.m. Thursday
Evacuations expand in Oregon as fire spreads erratically
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In this photo provided by the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshall, flames and smoke rise from the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The largest fire in the U.S. on Wednesday was burning in southern Oregon, to the northeast of the wildfire that ravaged a tribal community less than a year ago. The lightning-caused Bootleg fire was encroaching on the traditional territory of the Klamath Tribes, which still have treaty rights to hunt and fish on the land, and sending huge, churning plumes of smoke into the sky visible for miles. (John Hendricks/Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal via AP)
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July 14, 2021 7:14 PM Connor Sarles
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Chelan County emergency Management
CHELAN CO., Wash. Detectives and fire investigators executed a search warrant on a house where the 9,000-acre Red Apple Fire was believed to have started.
The fire has burned nearly 11 square miles and has more 1,500 homes under evacuation orders.
The Chelan County Fire Marshall, Bureau of Land Management fire investigators and detectives with the sheriff’s office obtained a search warrant for a house near Red Apple Road where the fire started.
The investigation is ongoing and authorities will provide updates based on their findings.
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