The Chelan Hills fire burned 9,861 acres in Douglas, Washington before reaching full containment. Homes in the affected area faced exposure to fire damage during the incident.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 9,861 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Human
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 9,861 acres ±0 100% contained
- 9,861 acres ±0 95% contained
- 9,861 acres +126 95% contained
- 9,735 acres ±0 75% contained
- 9,735 acres 50% contained
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS OTX
Area Forecast Discussion
Elevated to critical fire weather conditions persist across central and eastern Washington through Tuesday, with warming and breezy winds.
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000 FXUS66 KOTX 141150 AFDOTX
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 450 AM PDT Tue Jul 14 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions persist across portions of Central and Eastern Washington, particularly through the Okanogan Valley, through at least Tuesday.
- Areas of showers and breezy east winds in Idaho and far eastern reaches of Washington Tuesday.
- A warming trend will bring widespread highs in the 90s coupled with warm overnight lows in the upper 50s to upper 60s.
- Forecast uncertainty increases mid to late week with potential for showers and thunderstorms.
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.SYNOPSIS... An expansive ridge centered over the Central U.S. will maintain its influence over the Inland Northwest early this week, driving a warming trend through Wednesday. Persistent breezy winds and low humidity will maintain elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions across portions of Central and Eastern Washington. By midweek, a surge of monsoonal moisture will introduce chances for showers and thunderstorms.
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.DISCUSSION...
Today through Thursday: The Inland NW will be situated in a southerly flow with a trough of low pressure…
- News IQAir
Wildfire Map Spotlight: Chelan Hills Fire, Washington
- News The Wenatchee World
Chelan Hills Fire 75% contained
- Incident update InciWeb
Chelan Hills 07082026
On 7/4/2026 @ 0029 a fire started and local resources began initial attack. Southeast Washington Type 3 Incident command took over command at 6:00 PM on 7/4/26.Suppression efforts focused on mop-up operations to strengthen containment, secure the fire perimeter, and reduce the potential for flare-ups. Firefighters will continue to patrol and monitor the fire area as red flag fire weather conditions continue. Fire personnel will be repairing control lines where safe to do so around the perimeter of the fire. A cooling trend is forecast to begin Wednesday that will moderate temperatures but that will come with increased winds out of the West. Crews will be focused on securing the fire lines ahead of the expected gusty winds and monitoring them as they are wind tested.
Show 5 earlier updates
- KING5.com News
Chelan Hills fire: 100 structures lost, 1 dead as criminal investigation begins
- FOX 13 Seattle News
- InciWeb Incident update
- KREM News
Level 3 (Go Now!) evacuations in effect for Chelan Hills fire burning in Douglas County
- InciWeb Incident update
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.