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New fire pushes smoke into northwest Washington – Wildfire Today
The Bolt Creek Fireplace close to Skykomish is rising quickly
3:47 p.m. PDT Sept. 10, 2022
A number of wildfires are pushing smoke into western Oregon and Washington. The Bolt Creek Fireplace, which began Saturday in northwest Washington close to Skykomish off US Freeway 2 is rising in a short time. It’s producing an excessive amount of smoke blowing to the northwest towards Everett and Bellingham.
Our very, very tough estimate of the scale, based mostly on the imprecise satellite tv for pc warmth knowledge, is that the Bolt Creek Fireplace had burned greater than 2,500 acres by 1:54 p.m. PDT Saturday.
A piece of Freeway 2 is closed.
The US 2 closure now extends from milepost 31.7 (east of Zeke’s Drive In and Gold Bar) to milepost 49 (east finish of Skykomish). The highway is just open to individuals evacuating. Please proceed to observe @wspd7pio, @kingcosoPIO and @waDNR_fire for evacuation/hearth information. #BoltCreekFire
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Snohomish County has evacuation details about the Bolt Creek Fireplace.
A fireplace south of Mount Rainier Nationwide Park, the Goat Rocks Fireplace, can be producing smoke, however it’s heading typically west to the Centralia space. As of Friday it had burned about 1,500 acres.
The smoke from a really massive hearth that has been burning since August 1 in west-central Oregon, the Cedar Creek Fireplace, is sending smoke into Washington. The Washington State DNR mentioned at this time that smoke from that 35,000-acre hearth is being lofted to larger altitudes and isn’t anticipated to contribute considerably to additional reductions in air high quality at floor stage. It can really assist preserve temperatures down a number of levels Saturday afternoon, they mentioned, and restrict the minimal relative humidity values skilled within the Puget Lowlands.
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