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Wagner Road

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Unit Information

Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources 
225 S. Silke Road 
Colville, 
Washington 
99114 
Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources 
225 S. Silke Road 
Colville, 
Washington 
99114 

Incident Contacts

  • Whitman FD 5
    Phone:
    509257-2550

News Release 8-20-22

Wagner Road
Publication Type: News 08/20/2022

 

Quick Facts

Wagner Road Fire

Incident Start date: August 18, 2022

Approximate Size: 7,381 acres

Containment:    80% Contained

Assigned Resources on the Incident       

Hand Crews: 4

Engines: 16

Dozers 1

Total Personnel on Incident:  126

Fire Cause: Under Investigation

Evacuation Orders:  None

Road Closured to traffic:  None

News Release August 20, 2022

St John, WA - The Wagner Road Fire is located 12 miles west of St. John, WA. This fire started on Thursday, August 18th and has burned approximately 7,381 acres of rangeland, stubble and standing wheat.  The fire did grow on Friday but most of the acre change is due to updated mapping vs actual fire growth.  
Evacuations: There is currently no evacuations levels in place for the fire.

Friday, Active fire was seen on the fire during the day.  Fire fighters with assistant from eight water scooping aircraft and 5 heavy air tankers dropping retardant made great progress on keeping fire spread to a minimum.   This combined effort limited fire spread and by the end of the day all forward progress had ceased.  Control lines were completed around 90% of the fire.  By the end Friday containment of the fire reached 80%.

Today, Firefighter’s will work on completing control lines around the fire.  Strategic fire operations will continue to reinforce control lines.   Fire fighters will begin mopping up the fire perimeter further securing control line.
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