Reasons for optimism as Bolt Creek Fire remains in check
INDEX — With continued calm weather, more of U.S. 2 reopening and the closing of a shelter for evacuees, all signs pointed to improving conditions for the Bolt Creek fire Wednesday.
The fire’s size was unchanged from Tuesday, at 9,440 acres with 5% containment, according to authorities. An official cause of the fire had yet to be determined.
When the fire ignited early Saturday near Skykomish, dry fuel and heavy winds drove the fire west. But weather conditions this week have reversed, keeping the fire in check and stopping it from extending further west, said Scott MacDonald, a fire behavior analyst for the Northwest Incident Management Team working the blaze.
“Fire behavior has dropped off significantly,” MacDonald said Wednesday. “The fire at this point, for the next two to three days, does not want to move this direction.”
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Dogs, goats, horses among evacuees of chaotic Bolt Creek wildfire
SULTAN — Joe Taylor started packing up his dogs as soon as he got the evacuation alert on Saturday. The alert, sent mistakenly to residents west of Index as the Bolt Creek wildfire raged, was retracted within a half-hour.
But the false alarm was a wake-up call for Taylor, who co-owns Pinnacle German Shepherds, a boarding and training facility northeast of Sultan. How would he move 25 dogs to safety if he really needed to flee?
“We realized, ‘Crap, this is going to be very hard to do, and we have to do this in 20 to 30 minutes,’” Taylor said. “We decided for the safety of the dogs we needed to start that process.”
Taylor is one of dozens of Sky Valley residents who evacuated their animals over the weekend when the Bolt Creek fire erupted. Many moved animals preemptively amid the unpredictable fire. Now, they are looking forward to going home as the fire gets under control.
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