The Bolt Creek Fire between Gold Bar and Skykomish has grown to more than 14 square miles — larger than Mercer Island — but despite the growth, fire officials are feeling more hopeful than they were a couple of days ago.
Hot, dry weather and strong winds from the east allowed the fire to quickly grow into a conflagration coming down the mountainside and threatening the towns of Index, Baring, Grotto, and Skykomish Saturday.
But this week’s spate of sprinkles and autumnal-like temperatures changes the game.
“The wind is settling down, it’s only at about five to six miles an hour coming out of the Northwest. Our relative humidities
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