A fire report.
There is a small fire, called the “Homestead Fire”, which has started within the past few hours between exits 38 and 42 near the power lines running between Homestead Valley TH and McClellan Butte (the area by NF-9020/NF-9021). Stating the obvious, the fire is south of I-90.
Helicopters are on the scene dousing the fire with retardants. The fire was visible from exit 45 going west down at ~13:30.
Please exercise caution and avoid the area until the fire has been extinguished.
More information can be found on this Facebook page. KOMO-4 is also providing live coverage of the scene on Facebook.
Comments
Where is this sneaker route?
Posted by:
Terrierpup on Jul 29, 2021 05:30 PM
It's the shortcut road up NF-9020 that skips a few miles of mostly flat trail. Reworded it in the post.
Posted by:
ngie on Jul 29, 2021 10:16 PM
I hope it doesn't take a raging wildfire on the west side to finally get peoples' attention. On a recent hike off the 'Loop, I was noticing how tinder dry and crunchy it was beneath the trees.
Posted by:
mato on Jul 31, 2021 06:43 AM