he National Interagency Fire Center reports that 47 major fires are burning across the nation right now.

Across Washington and Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management predicts fire season to stay busy through September. Crews have responded to quite a few fires here, including some challenging ones in the Colville National Forest, plus others near Coulee City and Brewster and also around the Tri-Cities.

The BLM is deploying a lot of single-engine scoopers here in the northwest.

“It has floats and about four hours of fuel and can scoop water at usually 600 – 800 gallons at a time, stay on scene and continue to scoop water from our water sources that are nearby. We have easy access to great water sources. They deliver quite a lot of gallons of water in a very efficient manner. We’reutilizin

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