The statewide ban on outdoor burning is officially expiring Wednesday, while burn bans in King County and Seattle are set to lift Thursday.
Still, there are some active fires around the state.
Gov. Bob Ferguson in early August declared a statewide state of emergency, triggering the sweeping burn ban the same day that a catastrophic trifecta of wildfires ignited in Spokane. The ban expired at noon Wednesday.
The statewide ban prohibited outdoor fires such as bonfires, yard debris burning, trash disposal, land clearing and weed abatement, but allowed campfires contained in structures including fire rings and burn pits.
Following suit, King County issued a stage 2 burn ban that made the same prohibitions, but went a step further and banned campfires. The Seattle Fire Department urged residents in the city to follow the county’s ban.
Neither the county nor the city put an expiration date on their bans, but they announced Wednesday afternoon that the local prohibition would lift Thursday.
According to the county's updated fire permissions, which the Seattle Fire Department is adhering to, recreational fire will be allowed on private property.
In the meanwhile, fires are still burning across the state, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.
Among the active wildfires are:
* The Little Giant fire 30 miles northwest of Leavenworth, which is 93% contained at about 270 square miles.
* The Sisi fire 10 miles northwest of Stehekin, which is 29% contained at more than 6 square miles.
* The Three Queens fire near Snoqualmie Pass, which is 33% contained at more than 14 square miles.
* The Sinlahekin fire near Tonasket, which is 93% contained at more than 259 square miles.
* The Hatch Grade fire 24 miles west of Walla Walla, which is at more than 7 square miles. It started Tuesday, though the cause is unknown, and is less than 40% contained. Level 3 Go Now evacuation orders have been issued between Byrnes Road and Riggs Road, according to the Walla Walla County Emergency Management Department, while Level 1 and 2 orders are issued in surrounding areas.
Fire behavior potential will decrease in Western Washington as cooler weather and rain showers arrive, the coordination center said, but fire behavior conditions are moderate in the central and southeastern parts of the state that are more vulnerable to fire spread.
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