It's taken less than a week for the Lower Sugarloaf Fire to grow from a spark to a full-fledged conflagration on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County.

The blaze, which is centered 12 miles east of Leavenworth on the Wenatchee River Ranger District, was ignited by a lightning strike on Aug. 31 and is now listed at 9,077 acres with 0% containment.

After a week of highly-unfavorable weather, which included both Extreme Heat and Red Flag Warnings over the fire zone, incident managers had hoped to get a break this weekend with cooler and wetter conditions. However, the National Weather Service Office in Spokane has issued another Red Flag Warning which will go into effect at 4 p.m. today and is currently scheduled to last until 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Forecasters say the Warning

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