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Tunnel Five Fire

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Unit Information

Washington 
Ellensburg, 
98926 
Washington 
Ellensburg, 
98926 

Incident Contacts

  • Fire Information
    Phone:
    509.310.3229
    Hours:
    8 AM - 8 PM Every Day

Photographs Gallery

"Scooper" plane dumping water on the Tunnel Five Fire July 3, 2023.

Firefighters working on a steep cliff to extinguish a burned out tree on a steep cliff on July 6, 2023.

Helicopter dropping water from long-line bucket configuration into steep, smoking, forested hillside on July 3, 2023.

Firefighters spraying water to extinguish a smoking burned out tree on a steep cliff on July 6, 2023. 

Helicopter dipping for water in the Columbia River on July 3, 2023.

Firefighters work to extinguish a smoking burned out tree on a steep cliff on July 6, 2023.

Helicopter dipping for water in the Columbia River from long-line bucket configuration on July 3, 2023.

"Scooper" plane dumping water on the Tunnel Five Fire on July 3, 2023. 

Firefighter sprays water from hose onto smoldering hillside during mop-up operations on July 6, 2023.

Helicopter dipping water from the Columbia River for the Tunnel Five Fire. 

Aircraft flying on the Tunnel Five Fire

Fire behavior on the Tunnel Five Fire