RED SKY FIRE (FIRE ORIGIN: 2900 BLOCK MCCULLOUGH RD, YAKIMA, WA)<\/p>\n
Acreage – 5,000<\/p>\n
Containment – ?<\/p>\n
LEVEL 3 GO NOW EVACUATION – Red Sky Dr area, extending all the way east to the end of Meadowbrook Rd, Goodman Rd, and Eagle Crest Dr., extended out east to include Fullbright Park, the Central Washington Agricultural Museum, the Leisure Hill Mobile Park, all the way to US-97. Also,\u00a0down towards Parker, as far south as Mason Dr and Ragan Rd, as far east as Apple Valley Highway. Full evacuation map here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Road Closures – A three mile section of US 97 is closed south of Union Gap from Main Street to Parker due to fire activity and smoke over the roadway. (Milepost 73 to 76), per WSDOT.Evacuation Shelter – Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School (2000 S 18th Street, Union Gap, WA)<\/p>\n Update (8\/1\/26 @ 10:50 p.m.)<\/p>\n The Red Sky Fire is now 5,000 acres, per the National Interagency Fire Center.<\/p>\n Update (8\/1\/26 @ 10:05 p.m.)<\/p>\n An evacuation shelter has opened up at\u00a0Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School (2000 S 18th Street, Union Gap, WA), per Yakima Valley Emergency Management.<\/p>\n Update (8\/1\/26 @ 10:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n State mobilization has been authorized for this fire, now known as the Red Sky Fire. The acreage has been adjusted to 600 acres.<\/p>\n Update (8\/1\/26 @ 9:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n A three mile section of US 97 is closed south of Union Gap from Main Street to Parker due to fire activity and smoke over the roadway. (Milepost 73 to 76), per WSDOT.<\/p>\n Update (8\/1\/26 @ 8:35 p.m.)<\/p>\n All previous evacuations have ALL been upgraded to Level 3 (GO NOW!). This upgrade applies to\u00a0Meadowbrook Rd, Goodman Rd, and Eagle Crest Dr, extended out east to include Fullbright Park, the Central Washington Agricultural Museum, the Leisure Hill Mobile Park, all the way to US-97.\u00a0Full evacuation map here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Update (8\/1\/26 @ 8:15 p.m.)<\/p>\n New Level 3 (GO NOW!) evacuations have been issued down towards Parker, as far south as Mason Dr and Ragan Rd, as far east as Apple Valley Highway. You have to LEAVE NOW! Life and property are at risk.\u00a0Full evacuation map here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n