Western Pines Fire 07-18-2025The Northeast Washington Type 3 Incident Management Team 1 will transition Western Pines Fire to a local type 4 team on July 19th, 2025 at 8:00am. This transition reflects a lower complexity of the fire, but maintains some overhead positions to help with logistics, finance and operations. The local team will continue to patrol the fire line and continue with suppression repair, where necessary.
Smoke will be visible in places over the next few weeks or more. Partially and unburned fuels exist within the fire perimeter and will continue to smolder. In fire terms, areas of the Western Pines Fire had a dirty burn - an area where unburned pockets of fuel are mixed with burned areas and susceptible to burning. These small pockets are unlikely to spread beyond the containment line. Smoke from interior burning is generally not a concern. If you do see some active burning close to the fire's edge or burning that is a concern, please call Northeast Washington Interagency Communications Center (NEWICC) at 509-685-6900.
Our Incident Management Team would like to thank everyone in the surrounding communities for their support of the firefighters and our team. It was instrumental to our success!