News

Bear Gulch grows to 8,250 acres, remains at 3% containment

Fire crews in the Olympic National Forest say the Bear Gulch fire has grown over 860 acres in one day. Officials report that ...

Bear Gulch fire will burn until winter, officials say

MASON COUNTY, Wash. — Officials say the Bear Gulch fire will keep burning until winter, and it’s still growing. The priority ...

Wildfire smoke could create ‘hazardous’ air quality in Mason County

Wildfire smoke from the Bear Gulch Fire could create “unhealthy or hazardous” air quality conditions in Mason County over the ...
The Daily World on MSN5h

Bear Gulch Fire expands to 7,360 acres

The Bear Gulch Fire burning in the Olympic National Forest on the north side of Lake Cushman grew by about 1,200 acres from ...

Hazy skies forecast for Pierce County as fire in Olympics continues to burn

Officials stated Wednesday in a news release about the Bear Gulch fire that “a smoke column reached nearly 30,000 feet into the atmosphere” on Tuesday.
KUOW5h

Smoke, sprinklers, aluminum foil: Fighting fire on the Olympic Peninsula

Extreme heat launched the Bear Gulch Fire across 2,000 additional acres of forest on Tuesday and Wednesday, pouring thick ...
MyNorthwest9h

Western WA on deck for rain, ‘unseasonably cool’ weather after brief heat wave

Rain is in the forecast for later this week in Western WA, with unseasonably cool high temperatures struggling to reach 70 ...
The Olympian (TCA) on MSN4h

Could summer rain dampen Bear Gulch Fire burning in WA? Here’s what experts say

By Friday morning, Seattle will have a 90% chance of rain, the weather service said, and the probability of rainfall rises to ...