Another active fire season is nearly over in Washington state, and once again there were plenty of lives, livelihoods and homes that found themselves in the path of nature’s fury.
Since the number of seasonal wildfires began to increase in the 1990’s and more people have moved into areas at greater risk for fire, the number of structures lost to these fires has been consistently up-and-down. Carol Connolly with the Northwest Coordination Center tells iFIBER ONE News that large wildfires are categorized as anything which burns more than 100 acres of timber and more than 300 acres of grassland. She indicated that Washington’s large fires of 2017 claimed a total of 10 residences, 35 minor structures and two commercial buildings.