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CHELAN COUNTY, Washington – A bushfire burning near Wenatchee resulted in Level 2 and 3 evacuation notifications for approximately 100 residents Tuesday night.
The fire burns in Block 3300 on Red Apple Road.
The Washington Emergency Management Division said the Red Apple Fire burned 1,000 acres and it is growing, burning grass and sage.
These are the current evacuation instructions from 10 p.m. onwards:
Level 3 (now abandoned): For all residents and businesses north of Easy Street from US 2 to Warm Springs Canyon Road.
Level 2 (get ready to go): Everything above Easy Street from Red Apple Road to Eagle Rock. Also the West Eagle Rock Drive to May Lane.
Level 1 (Fire Warning): Red Apple Road, northeast of Highway 2. South of Easy Street from Monitor to Highway 2/97 at Ohme Garden Road.
Chelan County’s Emergency Management said the Red Cross will open accommodation at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Wenatchee at 508 North Western Avenue.
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