The Squilchuck Road Fire has burned an undisclosed amount of acres and sits at 30% containment near the Washington State community of Wenatchee Heights, according to Chelan County Emergency Management.
Chelan County Sheriff’s Office issued a Level 3 (Go Now) evacuation order for Wenatchee Heights throughout the West end of Connery Road to the North end of Jim Smith.
A Level 2 (Set) evacuation order was previously in place for the 3200 block of Squilchuck Road, but that was lowered to a Level 1 (Ready) evacuation order Monday morning.
The evacuations happened just two days after Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz held an “end-of-wildfire-season” press conference at Deer Park Airport, according to The Seattle Times. There, Franz said an estimated 308,000 acres burned throughout the state in 2024, more than the 151,000 in 2023 and 174,000 in 2022, but less than the 674,000 in 2021 and 842,000 in 2020. She also said firefighters kept 95% of the more than 1,400 ignitions this year under 10 acres.
“Our progress to date is truly a testament of the infrastructure investments we have made year after year and how we are fighting our fires more strategically,” said Franz, who is in the final three months of her term, as she is running for Congress.
