Lightning Strikes Ignite 10 Fires
Ten lightning-sparked fires continued to burn Wednesday in the Colville National Forest from Republic to the Salmo Priest Wilderness Area.
The largest has burned about one acre near McMann Creek and a 20-person Curlew Job Corps Crew is fighting it, officials said.
A 14-person crew from the North Cascade Smokejumper Base near Twisp is fighting a fire near Rattlesnake Gulch.
The Republic Ranger District warns of possible heavy lightning in the next couple of days, and numerous crews throughout Eastern Washington are on alert status.
, DataTimes