As wildfire season continues, please stay alert and follow local fire restrictions. Every action counts in reducing human-caused fire starts.

Current firefighter resources in the Northwest: 3,649 firefighters and support personnel; 188 engines; and 26 helicopters.

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The second largest fire in the Pacific Northwest, the 23,000-acre Flat Fire in central Oregon, is now approaching 100% containment.

At least 10 of the large fires in Washington were started by lightning; more Northwest thunderstorms are forecasted through the weekend before cooler and wetter conditions arrive. The largest fire in Washington right now is the Crown Creek Fire, at about 11,500 acres.

There are now 19 large active fires burning in the Pacific Northwest. Those fires – 14 in Washington and five in Oregon – are affecting just over 100,000 acres. The largest blaze in the region remains the 30,500-acre Emigrant Fire burning in western Oregon.

Starting tomorrow, Sept. 4, the Pacific Northwest will be in Preparedness Level 4.

As wildfire season continues, please stay alert and follow local fire restrictions. Every action counts in reducing human-caused fire starts.

Fire conditions will likely remain elevated this week with hot temperatures combining with dry lightning across the region. Current firefighter resources in the Northwest: 1,465 firefighters and support personnel; 57 engines; and 16 helicopters.

There are currently 13 large active fires burning in the Pacific Northwest. Those fires – 10 in Washington, three in Oregon – are affecting close to 75,000 acres. At least six of the wildfires in Washington were recently started by lightning.

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There are currently more than 1,900 firefighters and support personnel working the large fires in the region. A large fire is considered any wildfire that burns more than 100 acres in timber or 300 acres of grassland and brush.

Seven large active wildfires are affecting more than 60,000 acres in the Pacific Northwest. The largest fires in the region right now are in Oregon: the 23,000-acre Flat Fire, just north of Sisters; and the 16,000-acre Emigrant Fire, east of I-5 between Eugene and Roseburg.

Fire season continues as we head into Labor Day weekend. Please follow all fire restrictions and keep safety top of mind 🙏

Additional lightning storms are possible Thursday through Sunday in the region. Dedicated initial attack resources will keep patrolling areas hit by lightning to ensure no holdover fires ignite. Holdover lightning fires can be detected several weeks after a strike.

There were 2,600 lightning strikes in Oregon from Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning. Another 327 strikes were recorded in Washington in the same 24-hour period. There were 66 new fire starts during that time and thanks to firefighter efforts only one became a large fire.

To the southwest in the Willamette National Forest, the lightning-started Emigrant Fire is burning on steep forested slopes that previously burned in a 2009 wildfire. The Emigrant Fire started Aug. 24 and has grown to 6,000 acres.

The 22,000-acre Flat Fire in central Oregon is burning grass and brush just north of Sisters. More than 1,300 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the wildfire. The Flat Fire started Aug. 21 and the cause has yet to be determined.

Two large active wildfires in Oregon are currently affecting close to 28,000 acres. 🔥🧵⤵️

Video description: A far-off helicopter makes a water drop last month on the Bear Gulch Fire, burning in the mountainous forests of the Olympic Peninsula, with big white smoke billowing into the blue sky.

Currently there are four large active fires affecting about 34,000 acres in the Pacific Northwest. Almost 75% of all fires in Oregon and Washington this season have been attributed to human causes or have ongoing investigations. The rest were started by lightning.