Firefighters from the North Olympic Peninsula have arrived at Eastern Washington fires, according to county fire officials.
Clallam County Fire District No. 2’s Brush 25 and crew of firefighter/EMTs Rick Leffler and Steve Bentley arrived at the Spokane Complex on Wednesday morning, said Sam Phillips, chief of the district that serves the area around Port Angeles.
The two headed out to help protect homes on the Yale Road fire, one of two fires in the Spokane Complex.
Clallam County Fire District No. 3, which serves Sequim, has sent out six firefighters, five to Eastern Washington and one to the Olympic National Park.
A Fire District No. 3 engine company with four firefighters reported to the Spokane Complex of fires, said Assistant Chief Dan Orr. He didn’t know which blaze they have been assigned to fight.
A division group supervisor is with Northwest Incident Management Team 10 at the Deep North Fire in Stevens County.
A logistics chief from Fire District No. 3 has been assigned to Olympic National Park to help fight four wildland fires in the park, Orr said.