2021 Washington wildfires

[13][14] Smoke from British Columbia fires that occurred during the 2021 Western North America heat wave began to enter Washington in early July.

[15][16] The Batterman Fire in Douglas County near East Wenatchee (47°24′32″N 120°10′34″W / 47.409°N 120.176°W / 47.409; -120.176[17]) began on Independence Day in the hills above Pangborn Memorial Airport.

[1] The 300+ acre Andrus Road fire in the Spokane suburbs drew firefighters from as far away as Thurston and Lewis County in Western Washington, hundreds of miles away.

[22] The Dry Gulch Fire, part of the complex, grew to over 38,000 acres by July 10 and was burning in rugged terrain with heavy fuels.

[36] Until July, no heavy smoke events had impacted ground-level air quality in the state's largest cities of Seattle and Spokane in Western Washington and Eastern Washington respectively, but there was the possibility of smoke entering the state from large Western fires like the Oregon Bootleg Fire.

[43] Seven homes were lost in the Chuweah Creek Fire at Nespelem, Washington on July 12–13, which caused evacuation of the town and burned over 10,000 acres (4,000 ha).

[49] The Red Apple Fire, caused by an illegal burn around 47°30′06″N 120°25′10″W / 47.5016°N 120.4194°W / 47.5016; -120.4194 in Cashmere,[50][51][52] prompted evacuation of hundreds of residents in the Wenatchee area July 13–14, including "leave now" orders for some.

[58] The Cub Creek 2 Fire broke out north of Winthrop in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and Washington DNR lands on July 16.

[62] The National Weather Service posted images of pyrocumulus clouds generated by Cub Creek, visible from the agency's Seattle office over 110 miles (180 km) away.

[68] All state forest lands in Eastern Washington were closed to the public on July 20 due to fire danger.

[69] Due to ongoing and widespread PM2.5 particulate content in the air from multiple wildfires, children, the very old or pregnant, and other residents with respiratory conditions in parts of Okanogan County were advised in July to leave the area for their health.

[71][72] The U.S. National Weather Service Spokane office tweeted that Methow Valley's air quality could be the worst anywhere on the Earth on July 23.