The Colockum Road is still closed in Kittitas County. Firefighters continue work to rehabilitate hand and dozer-created fire lines along the northern-most and South Branch perimeters of the fire.

A fast-growing brush fire near Trail Creek Road off Colockum Road has triggered evacuations in rural Kittitas County, according to Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue and the Kittitas County Sheriff ...

Aug. 29--WENATCHEE-- Insurers for two homeowners who suffered losses in the 2013 Colockum Tarps Fire now seek damages from the orchardist whose faulty equipment triggered the blaze. Scroggie, 63 ...

Sisson was up in the area Monday morning talking with property owners to assess the damage. County road crews have been able to clear most of the roads in the interior of the Colockum, he said.

The July 27 fire ignited near the pumping system on the west side of the Scroggie orchard next to Colockum Road, the report said. Conditions at the time were hot, dry and windy. The fire quickly ...

News Colockum Fire in Chelan County 80% contained, level 3 evacuations have been lifted Level 2 evacuations now in place for for Kingsbury, Jumpoff and Colockum Roads in Chelan County.

Current evacuations remain in place at Colockum and Kingsbury Jumpoff Roads, all at level one. The Tarpiscan Road evacuation has been dropped. On Monday, the fire reached 90% containment and had ...

Level 1 evacuations are in place for Colockum, Kinsbury and Jump Off roads. This means residents must be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. The evacuation on Tarpiscan Road has been cancelled.

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Firefighters were in the final phases of mopping up the 125-square-mile Colockum Tarps Fire when lightning sparked another wildfire nearby.

Jones was behind the wheel of a 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe that rolled off the north side of Colockum Road near mile marker 19, ejecting Underwood and pinning her. She was pronounced dead at the crash site.

Wildfire Colockum Fire in Chelan County 80% contained, level 3 evacuations have been lifted Level 2 evacuations now in place for for Kingsbury, Jumpoff and Colockum Roads in Chelan County.