Washington’s commissioner of public lands said crews have secured lines around the fire. And residents of about 50 homes formally under evacuation orders have returned home, he said.
The threat of the roughly 490-acre wildfire near Leavenworth has reduced significantly since Sunday, according to Washington’s commissioner of public lands.
Residents of about 50 homes formally under evacuation orders have returned home, Commissioner Peter Goldmark said on Monday.
Since Sunday, the fire has moved north, away from homes, through heavy timber and steep terrain, according to InciWeb, the state’s fire-incident information service.
The size of the Chelan County blaze has fluctuated, though; firefighters have contained 35 percent, Goldmark said. The fire was reported at 330 acres Sunday, but crews had to burn “a little bit of acreage” to help control it, he said.
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Crews have secured lines around the fire’s perimeter, expecting to lessen its threat each day this week, Goldmark said. No structures have been lost. More than 300 firefighters worked on the fire on Monday, the service reported.
The blaze began Saturday afternoon near the town of Peshastin.
The cause remains under investigation.