The Washington Department of Natural Resources assisted Lewis County Fire District 5 in responding to a brush fire in the 400 block of Berry Road west of Napavine on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
The fire was brought under control by about 4 p.m. It burned about 4 acres.
Wildfire season is nearing an end in Washington.
“We’re past the point in the season where we’re expecting large, costly fires,” Washington Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Thomas Kyle-Milward told The Seattle Times this week.
Wildfire risk in Western Washington has been trending downward for “a couple of weeks,” partially because of cooler days and more rain, Kyle-Milward told the Times.
Eastern Washington isn’t completely in the clear, and there were a few relatively small fires last week, all between 60 and 4,000 acres, he said. Fires can still ignite and spread, especially during hot days when grasses and other fuels dry out quickly.
DNR lifted its burn ban on state lands on Sept. 13, and other agencies have followed or are in the process of lifting bans, Kyle-Milward said. The National Interagency Fire Center’s outlook has the fire risk in Washington and Oregon as normal through the end of the year.
