2020 Washington Labor Day fires

Malden and Pine City, in the Palouse Country of Eastern Washington, were mostly destroyed by one of the fires.

Owing to the Cold Springs Canyon Fire, the town of Mansfield was under "evacuate now" orders but all roads were closed.

[4][5] The smoke was noticeable in many parts of southern British Columbia, leading to air quality advisories in areas including Vancouver and Victoria.

[8] By the evening of September 8, the Cold Springs Canyon and adjacent Pearl Hill Fires had burned over 337,000 acres (136,000 ha) and neither was more than 10% contained.

[16] A one year old child was killed and the father and pregnant mother found on the banks of the Columbia River in Okanogan County badly burned, after attempting to outrun the Cold Springs Canyon Fire.

Drought intensity in the Pacific Northwest as of September 1, 2020