Wenatchee Valley Fire Department Chief Brian Brett says the fire was inadvertently started by a Chelan County PUD crew that was working on Methow Street.
Unusually warm weather led to an early melt-off of snow, and the ground is drying out more quickly than normal because of continued above normal temperatures.
Wildfire season in North Central Washington is fast approaching, and agencies throughout the region are getting ready.
Despite several days of unseasonably warm temperatures in recent weeks, this year's spring weather has been largely cooler and wetter than normal...
There were a total of three building fires in less than 13 hours between Tuesday afternoon and overnight Wednesday morning in the Wenatchee area.
One person is dead from a fire at mobile home park in the 1300 block of North Wenatchee Avenue.
Wena...
Wednesday night, the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department was called to the scene of a house fire in East Wenatchee they had already responded to the previous day.
The home in the 300 block of South Jackson Ave. originally caught fire on Wednesday morning at around 6 a...