The change in the weather is helping in the battle against the wild fires in our state, but not by much. The Norse Peak fire has consumed more than 45,000 acres northeast of Mount. Rainier, and the newer Sawmill Creek Fire has burned just under 1,000 acres northeast of Greenwater.
A new fire camp has sprung up at the Enumclaw fairgrounds to deal with the Sawmill Creek Fire while cabin owners near Crystal Mountain are dealing with an urgent evacuation from the Norse Peak Fire.
It's a rush against time for dozens of families who are being given only a few minutes to evacuate their cabins. One near Crystal has been in the family for a century. "It's just really devastating," said Natalia Amirfalz. "You don't know what's going to happen. You don't know if it's going to burn. You just don't know. It's really scary."