Wildfires

A lack of moisture is causing serious concerns throughout Western Washington. While the foothills are under a red flag warning, plenty of communities have witnessed brush fires pop up in the past 24 hours.

Washington is still weeks away from the official start of summer, but wildfire season has already arrived in some parts of the state.

As firefighters walk through part of the Central Cascade Forest near Cle Elum, their drip-torches are lit and dropping fuel on a patch of earth. Fire begins to burn, though it’s not spreading quickly.

As nearly 100 fires gobbled up large swaths of land in Alberta, Canada, smoke is quickly settling over Washington state: a reminder that wildfire season has already begun.

Why are the skies smoky today in Washington state?

As Washington begins seeing more sunshine and warmer weather, emergency responders are already thinking ahead to the upcoming wildfire season.

More than 80 people from the National Guard trained to be wildland firefighters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, as the state prepares for earlier and earlier wildfire seasons.

A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon started Tuesday in Portland.

Wildfire smoke and vineyards do not mix well if you want a pleasant bottle of wine, and now researchers in the Northwest have found a new way to alert winemakers if their grapes have been tainted before they're used in creating a prized batch of vino.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is introducing a new safety plan to several Western Washington counties in preparation for wildfire season.

Worsening wildfires, brought on from climate change, are causing backlogs of millions of acres of forests that need re-planting. Tech could speed up the process.

Communities that sit in the burn scar of the Bolt Creek Fire continue to worry about rainfall, snowfall and the potential for debris flows that come along with it.

A wildfire at the far northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula prompted more than 100 people to evacuate neighborhoods in Neah Bay on Thursday, and nearby schools have closed.

County and emergency officials and weather forecasters say the damage left by the Bolt Creek Fire means rain will struggle to seep into the soil. Instead, water likely will rush over blackened earth and downhill, along with a torrent of rocks, mud, and debris.

With winter looming, residents of Baring and Grotto were warned that the Bolt Creek Fire's burn scar could lead to landslides -- and risk stranding locals for days during snow events.

Wildfires that have plagued western Washington aren’t out, but after a round of rain this weekend the end of this fire season is coming into view.

The relief many have felt from seeing snow and rain is short-lived for those living in the shadow of the steep slopes and mountainsides burned by the late-season fires.