Brush fires

This blaze on Bear Ridge Drive near Little Boston Road in North Kitsap scorched 1,500 square feet of blackberry bushes and was headed into the trees when NKFR firefighters arrived on the scene on Saturday, July 21. (Photo courtesy Michele Laboda, North Kitsap Fire and Rescue)

Record-breaking brush fire season keeps Kitsap firefighters busy

There have been 200 fires in western Washington so far.

 

The fire at Illahee Preserve in Bremerton grew to about an acre in size before the Central Kitasp Fire & Rescue and Bremerton Fire Department crews were able to contain and control it. Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue/Courtesy

Fire burns an acre in Illahee Preserve

Point of origin is near possible encampment

 

SKFR is watching, waiting for dry weather fire outbreak

PORT ORCHARD — As of Aug. 11, it has been 55 days since measurable rainfall layered our parched Kitsap County landscape. Which is great if… Continue reading