‘Get out now’ evacuations issued in Cusick with 3,500 acre wildfire growing

What started as an estimated 30-acre fire Wednesday night has grown over the last few days, and now evacuations of campgrounds are taking place near as the 3,500-acre wildfire in Boulder Mountain in Cusick, Wash. continues to grow.

The fire, started by lightning igniting dry brush and now making its way into the timberline, has grown from 3,000 acres as of Thursday evening, and early morning estimates it to be around 3,500 acres at the time of publishing.

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According to the Washington Department of Natural Resources, Level 3 evacuations are in place west of Highway 20 near Locke,

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