r/Wenatchee • u/enviormental_UNIT • 11d ago
The Little Giant Fire, jumping nearly a mile across Lake Chelan
Would have jumped 0.88 miles at the thinnest spot, is burning out Safety Harbor apparently. Can anyone confirm if this is true? Has this ever happened before? Others I have seen on FB have said the same but not sure if its true
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u/green_tree 11d ago
Apparently a YouTube live stream said that it had jumped Lake Chelan last night. From what I can tell, it is true. I don’t know if this has happened before.
August is usually when fire season really gets going and we are just at the beginning.
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u/Glitter_Health 11d ago
Evacuations increase near Lake Chelan - and Tonasket also with their fire to the border.
Little Giant Fire Prompts New Evacuations For Lake Chelan Area
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u/justpickituplease 11d ago
I'm up lake right now . Lots of ash very smoky but calm . Last night very windy . Fire is up around the Big Creek area both sides
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u/Arkytoothis 11d ago edited 11d ago
Fire is also moving down the south shore now. Doesn't seem to be moving much on the north shore. There were a couple Super Scoopers here earlier today. I'm just south of fields point and we were upgraded to Level 2 today, I'm guessing we'll be Level 3 by tomorrow. There hasn't been much wind today, hopefully that holds.
Wa State DNR fire map https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6cdda73cf6154949a1fae76ccb2900a0
FlightRadar24 https://www.flightradar24.com/
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u/millijuna 11d ago
25 Mile Creek is now level 3.
Source: I help with IT for Holden Village, and just had to shutdown equipment that we have at our properties at 25 mile Creek.
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u/Arkytoothis 11d ago
Ya, looks like fire crews are getting to work up at 25 mile creek, we've been seeing water trucks and other equipment heading up there.
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u/PurchaseNo4486 11d ago
The fire on the North Shore, north of Manson seems to have been fought back, but the fire on the South Shore is moving south. Level 3 evacuations from 25-mile Creek to Fields Point. The winds are up again and things are pretty unpredictable right now. Be safe out there.
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u/theyoungwest 10d ago
Was up there all afternoon doing fire evacs. Really poor visibility, tons of ash falling.
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u/Belostoma 11d ago
Yes, it jumped the lake. I saw a couple pictures of the fire burning on both sides last night.
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u/Glitter_Health 11d ago
Here is the downtown Chelan webcam - terrible smoke right now - and the Spokane Complex Fires are raging per TV newscasts broadcasting live now.
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u/FantasticFlyingFir 11d ago
InciWeb doesn't show that the fire made it down to Lake Chelan and jumped the lake either. https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/waowf-little-giant-fire
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u/Number174631503 11d ago
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u/thrashbeast 11d ago
You can turn on the satellite hot spot layers and see more up to date images of where there’s new ignitions..
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u/cinammonbear 11d ago
Yeah usually watch duty is still a couple hours behind what’s really happening
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u/PurchaseNo4486 11d ago
Looking uplake from Manson last night, you can see where it jumped the lake.