Firefighters are continuing to fight the Grand Park Fire 2 in Mount Rainier National Park. The fire, located three miles north of the Sunrise Visitor Center, was first reported on Aug. 7.
The national park closed access to the Sunrise and White River areas and the roads to the campgrounds from SR 410, but the highway remains open as of Aug. 9. The fire was first estimated to be about 200 acres large. As of Aug. 9, the most recent update provided by the National Park Service, the fire was estimated to be over 300 acres and was 0% contained.
Local Response
Greenwater/Crystal Mountain Fire Department Chief Paul Sowers has been providing updates on Facebook since the fire was reported; Greenwater is the closest town to the fire. Sowers noted that additional fire information can be found on the InciWeb website, an official U.S. government site for wildfires.
The Enumclaw Expo Center became the staging ground for the Incident Command Post over the weekend, and the south overflow parking lot has been closed to the public. The ICP was not yet operational as of Monday morning.
Original reporting: Renton Reporter — read the source article.
