Washington State Has Fewest Acres Burned In Decade

(Olympia, WA)  --  Washington's wildfire season was the lightest in a decade.  Just over 140-thousand acres burned.  However, 2020 and 2021 were the second and third-worst fire seasons in the state's history.  Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hillary Franz says a combination of DNR equipment, aerial firefighting assets, personnel along with a wet and rainy spring helped keep the number of acres burned to a ten-year low.