Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill Fire puts multiple areas on Level 2, 3 evacuation notices

Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Chelan collecting needed items for Bridgeport parish

Mike Maltais/QCH The rising sun peeks over the horizon to watch the wind-driven flames and smoke advance southward. The Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill Fire started late Sunday, Sept. 6 in the Cold Springs area put residents on Level 2. Early on Monday, Sept. 7, multiple areas were put on Level 2 and 3 evacuation notices, including the Cameron Lake Road area, City of Bridgeport and City of Mansfield. The Red Cross started a Virtual Temporary Evacuation Point (VTEP) and persons needing shelter should contact the Red Cross 509-670-5331. Persons needing to evacuate livestock can use the Okanogan County Fair Grounds. Their number is 509-322-1621.

Brewster fire chief Dylan Gamble, third from left in dark jacket, confers with a fire crew to plan strategy with the resources at hand.

A firefighter sets some roadside weeds ablaze with a propane torch to create a backfire in an attempt to stop the westward progress of the wildfire along Cameron Lake Road.

Looking north from South Cameron Lake Road about 8 miles east of State Route 97, a line of fire slowly burns westward while bring driven by a heavy south wind toward Bridgeport.

As vehicles gather near the fireline, a tractor pulling a cultivator, left, heads out to plow a firebreak along the western edge of the flames.

Fire trucks depart the driveway of the Maurice Joy ranch before sunrise and head west to confront the fire line about one-quarter mile further east.

A District 15 fire truck monitors the line of flames advancing south and west as it waits for other support vehicles to arrive.

Posted Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:36 am

Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church at 215 W. Allen St. (next to Safeway) in Chelan is collecting the following to support their brothers and sisters in the Bridgeport Saint Francis de Sales parish who lost their homes in the Pearl Hill Fire this week. Needed are water, blankets, tents, food, baby items and 5 gallon propane tanks.

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Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill Fire puts multiple areas on Level 2, 3 evacuation notices

Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Chelan collecting needed items for Bridgeport parish

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