Smoke visible from Victoria shoreline, including Beacon Hill Park.
Strong winds are fuelling a rapidly moving wildfire near Port Angeles, Washington, and the smoke is visible from the Victoria waterfront across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The fire was discovered at 1 p.m. Saturday and has grown to 20 hectares over a few hours, said Thomas Kyle-Milward of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The Sutherland Fire, named for nearby Lake Sutherland about 27 kilometres west of Port Angeles, is being fanned by strong westerly winds. It’s currently burning in heavy timber on state land on the edge of Olympic National Park.Three helicopters, four engines and a pair of 10-person hand crews were working to battle the fire by 5 p.m. Saturday, he [email protected]
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