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Nakia Creek Fire expands, thousands of Camas-Washougal residents now in evacuation zones

Wildfire burning near Larch Mountain increased from 156 acres to 2,000 acres on Sunday

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The most recent evacuation map, released at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, shows nearly all of Camas-Washougal residents are now in Level 1 "Be Ready" (green) or Level 2 "Be Set" (yellow) zones, with more than 2,300 households in the Level 3 "Go Now" zone (red). (Contributed image courtesy of the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency)

Fire officials say the Nakia Creek wildfire burning in the Larch Mountain area northeast of Camas-Washougal exploded on Sunday leaping from around 156 acres on Sunday morning to nearly 2,000 acres as of 8:30 p.m. Sunday evening. 

Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) said Sunday night that evacuation warnings also increased, pushing 28,765 homes in the Camas-Washougal area into the Level 1 “Be Ready” zone, 5,017 homes into the Level 2 “Be Set” zone and at 2,903 homes into the most extreme, Level 3 “Go Now” zone. 

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