The Left Hand Fire was reported around midnight on July 23, 2019, burning approximately 17 miles northeast of Naches, Washington in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest.

Firefighters immediately deployed to the fire, which is burning on the side of a steep, rocky drainage with no interior roads leading to it.

[2] Two days later, national forest roads began to be closed to public traffic and sixteen more homes, along Rock Creek were evacuated.

[4] The Left Hand Fire had doubled in size to 2,063 acres (835 ha) by the morning of July 28 due to strong winds and dry conditions.

[1] The Left Hand Fire led to road closures in the National Forest and mandatory evacuations of 22 residences along State Route 410.