THREE QUEENS FIRE (FIRE ORIGIN: ABOUT 1 MILE NW OF KACHESS LAKE, KITTITAS COUNTY, WA)
Update (8/6/26 @ 11:00 p.m.)
The Three Queens Fire is now 502 acres and 0% contained, per the National Interagency Fire Center.
Update (8/6/26 @ 7:30 p.m.)
Due to increased fire activity on the Three Queens Fire, Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations have been issued for Kachess Campground. Level 1 (GET READY) evacuations have been issued for cabins along Baker Ln north of the end of Kachess Lake Rd, per the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office. Read more about the firefighting effort, and emergency closures of forest lands, by going to the official Three Queens Fire Information Facebook Page.
Original Story (8/6/26 @ 3:00 p.m.)
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. – Residents of some rural communities in northwest Kittitas County may be seeing a large column of smoke, but fire officials say there is currently no known threat to any nearby town.
According to Kittitas County Fire Protection District 6, in the afternoon of August 6 firefighters heard several calls about a large column of smoke northwest of the communities of Ronald and Roslyn. Firefighters investigated and found the smoke was coming from the Three Queens Fire, a wildfire burning on the northwest corner of Kachess Lake. Firefighters said the fire flared up earlier on August 6, but there is no known threat to nearby communities.
The Three Queens Fire started on July 15 and grew to burn about 88 acres as of July 31. No evacuation orders were issued, but several forest roads and trails in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area including Cooper Pass Road, Box Canyon Road, and Little Kachess Trail were closed due to the fire.
Although firefighters have not given a number for the fire’s percentage containment, firefighting officials are maintaining several containment lines. Daily updates about containment efforts ceased on July 31. It is not yet clear what the flare-up on August 6 means for containment efforts.
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