[10] Pearl Hill Fire was 223,730 acres and over 90% contained by September 22; together Pearl Hill and Cold Springs Fires burned over 410,000 acres. Everyone, especially sensitive groups, should limit time outdoors & avoid strenuous outdoor activities", "Wildfire smoke blows into Seattle as rare September windstorm blasts region", "Smoke from Washington State wildfire blankets parts of Vancouver Island, B.C.

Officials said the fire was fueled by high winds of up to 45 mph, standing timber and dry fields. Fire crews are currently battling a range of wildfires in the Olympic Peninsula, as well as in Central and Eastern Washington. Interior", "Province issues Smoky Skies Bulletin for much of Vancouver Island due to Washington fires", "Pearl Hill Fire 90% contained; Cold Springs Fire 60%", "Cold Springs and Pearl Hill Fires burns 337K acres collectively", "Whitney Fire burning 100,000 acres in Lincoln County, 5% contained", Sumner Grade Fire burns 800 acres, forces more evacuations, "Cold Springs Fire hit Colville homes hard", "Decades-old railroad bridge 'gone', railroad president says", "Wind-whipped fires burn homesteads, 3 railroad bridges and more in Tri-Cities region", "1-year-old child killed, parents severely burned while fleeing Cold Springs Canyon fire", "Family says Renton couple whose toddler died in Cold Springs Fire also lost unborn child", "Wildfires Lead to Helicopter Rescues in California and Destruction in Washington", "Incredible imagery and smoke reaches the West Side [Seattle]", "Western wildfires updates: Evacuations in California and Oregon as destructive fire outbreak engulfs region", Labor Day fires cause damage and destruction across Washington and Idaho, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_Washington_Labor_Day_fires&oldid=983437195, Articles to be expanded from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 06:45. (CNN)A small town in eastern Washington is in ruins after a fast-moving wildfire swept through Monday, and teams are still working to account for all residents, county officials said. Most of Washington remains under red flag warnings because of the high risk of wildfires. Whitman County Sheriff's Office/Facebook Washington state has seen dozens of fires that have consumed more than half a million acres. Malden was not alone in seeing catastrophe on Labor Day — a day Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz described as heartbreaking and surreal as a result of the intensity of wildfires and the speed with which they spread. Almost every structure in the small farming town of Malden in eastern Washington state was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire Monday as high winds created what officials described as a firestorm. By . We're still seeing new fire starts in every corner of the state. A fire destroyed 80% of Malden, Washington, the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, which posted this photo, reported. And the winds drove a mass of smoke and sand into the air, forcing officials to ground firefighting planes and helicopters. Those who don't use Twitter can text 40404 to get DNR tweets delivered to … More than 330,000 acres (130,000 ha) burned across the state of Washington, a one-day total greater than any of the last 12 entire fire seasons, according to the governor's office,[1] and larger than the state's largest single fire, the Carlton Complex Fire of 2014. [13], Infrastructure destroyed by the fires included the historic Manning-Rye Covered Bridge in the Palouse,[14] a wooden railroad trestle over the Yakima River near Prosser,[15] and two other railroad bridges in the Tri-Cities area.

The fire was considered by sheriff's detectives a potential homicide, if human-caused. Sep. 10, 2020 at 2:15 pm Updated Sep. 18, 2020 at 10:24 am . Clouds of thick smoke from the wildfires have been driven west toward Puget Sound and coastal areas, prompting a number of people to make emergency calls to the King County Sheriff's Office, as NPR member station KUOW reports. Whitman County Emergency Management, the sheriff's office and Fire Incident Command are working on a plan to take inventory of the damage and account for residents who were in their homes or in the communities when the firestorm hit. — Puyallup Police (@PuyallupPD) September 10, 2020. A fire destroyed 80% of Malden, Washington, the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, which posted this photo, reported. Thousands of homes are without power.

On September 7, a "historic fire event" with high winds resulted in 80 fires and nearly 300,000 acres burned. More than 75 large wildfires … [3] Smoke blanketed the Seattle area on September 8 and caused unhealthy air conditions throughout the Puget Sound region, mostly from air spilling over the Cascade Range from Eastern Washington. According to the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, 80% of the town's structures were destroyed. The 2020 Washington Labor Day fires were part of the 2020 wildfires in the U.S. state of Washington.