Cold Springs-Canyon Pearl Hill Fire

The Cold Springs-Canyon Pearl Hill Fire started about 3 miles south of Omak at about 9 p.m., according to the Mount Tolman Fire Dispatch Center.

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Mon., Sept. 7, 2020

Flames from the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire encrouch toward Wells Dam on Monday, September 7, 2020, near Azwell, Wash. Wildfires have knocked out of power in most of north central Washington.

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Mike Menalia pauses his ATV on the banks of the Okanogan River and watches a pile of old railroad ties burn on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Okanogan, Wash. The river's waters stopped the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire from crossing and burning his home.

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Shane Grooms loads his boxer Rocky into the bed of his pickup for a drive to survey the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire's encroachment on his home on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Omak, Wash. Grooms said he wasn't planning to leave the home but was loading his pickup bed with valuables just in case.

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Mike Menalia pauses his ATV on the banks of the Okanogan River and watches a pile of old railroad ties burn on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Okanogan, Wash. The river's waters stopped the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire from crossing and burning his home.

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An American flag waves in the the wind next to a pile of burning railroad ties in the wake of the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Okanogan, Wash.

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Late afternoon light catches smoke from the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire near a structure that appeared to be empty long before the fire on Monday, September 7, 2020, near Omak, Wash.

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Smoke is seen surrounding a home on the east side of Highway 97 south of Okanogan after the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire rolled through on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Okanogan, Wash.

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A structure south of Omak is seen shrouded in smoke and afternoon shadow after a potion of the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire blew through earlier in the day South of Omak on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Omak, Wash.

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A portion of the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire is seen South of Omak on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Omak, Wash.

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Highway 97 South to Brewster is seen closed at the 12 Tribes Resort Casino as a portion of the Cold Springs Canyon Pearl Hill fire burns just down the road on Monday, September 7, 2020, in Omak, Wash.

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