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All volunteers, Lt. Mike McAneny serves as engine boss for Sequim’s Engine 38 with fellow firefighters Becca Yucha, Danielle Hebert and Dave Walker of Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue.

He said there were about 1,000 National Guard troops helping firefighting efforts, including 200 on the fire lines.

Staging these additional resources in place before any escalation of response allows crews to familiarize themselves with the area and allows more time for situational awareness and safety planning.

Thousands of firefighters are battling more than 60 large wildfires, and 13 have been killed so far this year.

They also must own heavy equipment, DNR’s fire twitter account said. People who are seeing the signs of bad air are asked to remain inside as well as check and see if there are any further warnings in their area, according to OPB.

The biggest fire burning Monday was in Okanogan County on the border with British Columbia: A group of five fires raging out of control became the largest in state history, fire spokesman Rick Isaacson said.

Unfortunately, the people and firefighters have to wait until the weekend when rainfall will help in putting off the wildfires.

The biggest fire burning Monday was in Okanogan County on the Canadian border, where a group of five fires raging out of control became the largest in state history, scorching more than 400 square miles, fire spokesman Rick Isaacson said.

While the massive wildfires in Washington State continue to burn and smoke fills the southern half of our province, there is not any increased concern of those fires crossing the border.

Metro saw elevated particulate in 2012 – with readings briefly spiking towards but not above 100 – as a result of smoke from wildfires in Siberia.