State DNR: 70% of all acres burned in 2020 were from wildfires started over Labor Day weekend

A wildfire in Washington in 2021. (Northwest Interagency Coordination Center/Twitter)

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said fires that started over Labor Day weekend accounted for more than 70% of all acres burned in the state in 2020.

Record number of burned bears this summer at PAWS Wildlife Center

The fires ravaged the town of Malden and burned 283 homes and more than 600,000 acres across Washington. Smoke from the wildfires temporarily gave Western Washington the worst air quality in the world.

To avoid a repeat of last year, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is asking for the public’s help

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