Heavy smoke from the Bolt Creek Fire is preventing firefighters from aggressively attacking the flames that are burning out of control between Skykomish and Index. As of Monday morning, the fire has burned approximately 8,000 acres.
Despite this, numerous residents are ignoring the mandatory evacuation orders and are refusing to leave.
“Well, like one guy I talked to said, my home is my castle and I will defend it,” KIRO reporter Nicole Jennings said on the Gee and Ursula Show. “A lot of the people I talked to in Gold Bar yesterday said they lived there their entire lives. One woman said it’s been six decades, so for
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