Northwest Interagency Coordination Center spokesman Dale Warriner in Ellensburg said crews completed a trail around most of the 400-acre fire. Fresh crews were arriving Monday to attack it with the help of helicopters, air tankers and bulldozers, he said.
The Lauderdale fire, which broke out Sunday afternoon along U.S. Highway 97, has destroyed one cabin. An evacuation order was issued for about two dozen other cabins, Warriner said.
The fire was about 6 miles east of Cle Elum near Lookout Mountain and 15 miles northwest of Ellensburg, south of the Wenatchee National Forest. Its cause was under investigation.
Another new fire was reported east of Darrington in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
The 200-acre Downey Creek fire, apparently caused by lightning, was burning on the edge of Glacier Wilderness about 16 miles east of Darrington on the western slopes of the Cascades, said Marc Hollen, an Interagency spokesman in Portland, Ore. No firefighters were assigned to the blaze, since it was not threatening any structures or campgrounds, he said.
The Sisi Ridge fire grew to 300 acres at the north end of Lake Chelan, about 8 miles west of Stehekin. Helicopters were used to slow the fire's growth. Fire officials believe the fire was started by lightning last Thursday, Hollen said.
About 40 miles south, the 14,650-acre Pot Peak fire was 75 percent contained Monday. The blaze was started by lightning on June 26 about 15 miles west of Chelan.
Firefighters fully contained a lightning-sparked wildfire that burned nearly 780 acres near Leavenworth.
Crews declared the Icicle Creek fire 9 miles west of Leavenworth 100 percent contained around 6 p.m. Saturday, Hollen said.
Crews spent Sunday mopping up hot spots, reinforcing containment lines and cutting down fire-damaged snags that might pose a risk to hikers and campers.
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