The three wildfires in Okanogan County are all outside the town of Winthrop in the Methow Valley.
They continue to grow in size, with the largest of them, the Cub Creek 2 Fire, having grown to 38,671 aces and 5% containment. The Cedar Creek Fire expanded by 3,000 acres Wednesday to 18,634 acres with 11% containment. And the smaller Delancy Fire covers 219 aces.
Crews are trying to keep the fires from reaching populated areas while letting them spread to forests and land to the north, and have so far been successful. No occupied buildings or homes have been damaged yet, although three unoccupied structures in fire paths have been damaged.
Pam Sichting with Northwest Management Team 8 says the Cedar Creek Fire has been putting up large columns of flames and dropping a lot of ash.