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Okanogan County, Washington

B And O Fire

Burning 1.6 miles south-west of Okanogan and 5.9 miles north-east of Malott, since Thursday 9 July.

Map of Washington. The B And O Fire burns 103 miles from Ellensburg and 111 miles from Spokane, and 178 miles from the state capital, Olympia.
The fire sits 103 miles from Ellensburg and 111 miles from Spokane.

2,762

acres burned so far — about 4 square miles

97

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:09am today

The B And O Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 2,762 acres in Okanogan County, Washington. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

100% held

100% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

200people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Human

is the cause on the official record.

97 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 9 July at 2:14pm local time, starting at 10 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

48.353, -119.606lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 19.6 miles from the fire: 49°F, air at 56% humidity, a 9 mph wind out of the south.

Two other fires are burning inside the same view. Nickles Fire started on Thursday 17 September, 4.2 miles south-west, and has reached 1 acres. Soap Lake Fire started on Saturday 29 August, 7.7 miles south, and has reached 112 acres. Their heat is counted against them, not against this fire, and the pale rings on the map mark where they are recorded.

No smoke has been recorded lying over this ground.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.

How the record has moved

Each step is a change on the interagency incident record — acreage, containment or crews — with the date it was reported. No satellite reading is involved.

  1. Thursday 9 July

    First reported at 10 acres

    10 ac
  2. Thursday 8 October

    2,762 acres on record — 100% contained, 200 personnel assigned

    2,762 ac · 100% held · 200 crew